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OEZSTER^L iistdex

DOCUMENTS

RELATING TO THE

T

COLONIAL HISTORT

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

FIRST SERIES, IN TEN VOLUMES,
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INDEX TO
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
Volumes I to X Inclusive.

Abbat, John, iii, 163.
Abbott, Wordecai, ii, 41-G, 65-73, 76, 79, 88, 90, 09.
Abercrombie, General, James, viii, Part II, 222— ix, 118— x, 25.
Abrahams, Cornel lis, i, 49, 150.
Achter Cull, See Achter Kol.
Achter Kol, i, 14, 130, 141; Name applied to New Jersey, 124-147.
Adam, Alexander, ii, 332, 333.
Adam, Elizabeth, i, 186.
Adams, JFenwicke, i, 187.
Adams, John, i, 186, 227, 414— ii, 148.
Adams, John, x, 529, 664.
Adams, Joseph, ii, 384.
Adams, Mary, i, 186.
Adams, Samuel, x, 529.
Adderiy, Henry, ii, 470.
Addison, Joseph, iv, 11; Announces to the Lords of Trade the King's
satisfaction with Governor Hunter, 327; Referred to, 331, 338.
Adkinson, William, iv, 98.
Admiralty Courts, Establishment of, ix, 620, 621.
After Cull . See Achter Kol.
Aghter Col, See Achter Kol.
Aickman, William, i, 5S9.
Aiktnan, William, ii, 202.
Ainsley, William, See Aynesley, William.
Akarman, Sr., John, i, 289.
Akamnm, Jr., John, i, 289.
Albania, Name given to New Jersey by Governor Nicolls, i, 47.
Albany, The Garrison at, i, 79.
Alberson, John, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79.
Albertis, John, Ensign, ix, 187.
Aid ricks, Evert, i, 269.
Alexander, Elizabeth, ix, 336.

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Alexander, George, i, 522— ii, 187, 193; Disbursements by, on accounts
of East Jersey, 204.
Alexander, James, i, 524— ii, 114. — Authorized to collect quit rents,
iv, 211; Appointed Surveyor-General of West Jersey, 2S8; Referred
to, 3P0; One of the Commissioners for running partition line, 394;
Notice of, 399; Referred to, 406, 418, 419, 42S, 453, 454.— Recom
mended for tho Council, v, 34; Appointed a member of Council, 52;
Letter from, to Ex-Governor Robert Hunter, 55; Letter to, from
the Council of Proprietors of West Jersey, 67; Referred to, 102;
Money paid to, 137, 147, 148, 151; Money received from, 138;
Letters to, from Ex-Governor Robert Hunter, 179, 187; Commis
sioner to try pirates, 197; Letter from, to Cadwallader Colden, re
lating to Peter Sonmans, 202; Letter to, from Thomas Budd, rela
tive to the appointment of a Surveyor General, 211; Order of the
West Jersey Council to, 212; Letter to, from John Burr, 212; Letter
from, to Governor Burnet, respecting the relative authorify of the
Plantation Assemblys, 230; Letter to, from Cadwallader Colden, rela
tive to a proposition from the Society for the Propagation of the Gos
pel in Foreign Parts, 237; Letter from, to Ex-Governor Hunter, re
ferring to the death of Governor Burnet, and New Jersey affairs,
261; Memorial of, to Governor Montgomerie, relative to the West
Jersey Surveyor-Generalship, 273; Answer to said memorial, 278;
Letter to, from Thomas Penn, recommending Ferdinand John Pails
as Agent for New Jersey, 293; Complained of, by Governor Cosby,
821; His removal from the Council recommended, 325; Letter from,
to F. John Pails, relative to New Jersey affairs, 327; Referred to,
3 13, 345; Letter from, to Robert Hunter, relative to Governor Cosby,
359; Letter from, to Secretary Popple, on the same subject, 360;
Letter from Governor Cosby, relating to, 395-402; Petitions, 404;
Complaints against, laid before the Queen, 408; Letter to, from Rob-
is ert Hunter Morris, 431; Referred to, 489; Signs petition, 443; Re
ferred to, 454, 458, 468 — Letter from, to Peter Collinson, relating to
his difficulties with Governor Cosby, vi, 71 ; Letter from, to Rodrigo
Paeheco, 77; Referred to, 107, 109; Affidavit of, relative" to the
north partition point between New Jersey and New York, 145 ; Re
ferred to, 294, 314, 315, 316, 317, 329, 355, 359, 360, 367-378, 3S5;
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, giving an account of the Prov
inces, 419; Letter to, from Ferdinand John Pario, 422; Letter from,
to the Lords of Trade, at the request of President Hamilton, 446;
Letter to. from Chief-Justice Morris, relative to New Jersey affairs,
4~1 — vii, 5; Member of Governor Belcher's Council, 6; Letter to,
from F. J. Paris, 12; Letter to, from Chief-Justice Morris, 17; Let
ter from, to David Ogden, referring to the rioters, 53; Letter from,
to Joseph Murray, relative to the propriety of Governor sitting with
the Council in their legislative capacity, 77; In Council, 86. £8;
Letter to, from John Cose, detailing some proceedings of the Gov-

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 3
ernor and Council, 97; Commends Sundry Officers, 102; Letter to,
from R. H. Morris, relative to the appointment of Samuel Nevill as
Judge, 107; Reports a draft of an address from the Council to the
Governor, 110: Letter from, to Cadwallader Colden, relative to the
riots, 113; Letters from, to Ferdinand John Paris, relative to the
division line between New Jersey and New York, 119, 125, 131; To
John Coxe, relative to the dissolving of the Assembly, 122; Reply
thereto, 127; Address of, to the Speaker of the Council of New York,
141; Letter from, to F. J. Paris, relative to the division line be
tween New York and New Jersey, 152; To John Coxe, relative to the
riots, 154; Letters from, to F. J. Paris, relative to the New York and
. New Jersey line, 156, 167, 176; Letter from, to John Coxe, relative
to the rioters, 161; To the Lords of Trade, 170; Attempts, with
other members of the Council, to advise Governor Belcher, 183;
Communication from, as a member of Council, to the same, 185;
Addresses, with other Councilors, the King, relative to the riots,
189; Letter from, to F. J. Paris, relative to the riots, 197; To John
Coxe, relative to the action of Governor Belcher, 204; Answer of, to
the rioters, 233; Letter to, from F. J. Paris, relative to action against
the rioters, 234; Signs, 237; Letter to. from the same, relative to
Governor Belcher, 218; Letter from, to F. J. Paris, concerning Gov
ernor Belcher and the rioters, 251 ; Letter to, from F. J. Paris, rela
tive to business before the Lords of Trade, £6'.'; Letter from, to F. J.
Paris, relative to the division line between New York and New Jer
sey, 262; Letter to, from F. J. Paris, relative to the conditions of the
Affairs of the Province in London, 271; Referred to, 284, £85, 287,
288; Letter from, to David Ogden, on the propriety of trying the
rioters in Essex "county, 23S; Letter to. from F. J. Paris, relative to
his proceedings in London, 294; From the same, in regard to the
boundary between New York and New Jersey, 207; From the same,
concerning the riots. 301, 304; Letters to.from F. J. Paris, concern
ing the pardoning of those accused of treason, and of the disturbances
in New Jersey, 303, 310; Referred to, 323; Letter from, relating to
the riots in Newark, 328; Letter from, to F. J. Paris, in relation to
reuniting New Jersey to New York, 331; In Council, 335, 343; Let
ter to, from David Ogden, relative to the titles of the rioters, 843;
Referred to, 347, 352, 353; Letter to, from F. J. Paris, respecting
the junction of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, 860;
Letters to, from David Ogden, respecting the riot at Horseneck, 304,
36S; Referred to. 403; Deposition of, concerning the riots, 413; Let
ter from, to David Ogdea, relative to the trial of the rioters, 430;
Letter from, to Governor Belcher, relative to the state of the Prov
ince, 452; Referred to, 462, 472. ir.S. 479, 507, 508, 511, 525, 527,
553, 554, 573; Letter from, to Robert Hunter Morris, relative to the
action of the legislature, 626; To the same, relative to the Constitu
tion of the Council of New Jersey, 644; To the same, in relation to

* GENERAL INDEX
proceedings of Governor Belcher, 651.— Member of Council, viii, Part
I, 16, 29. 61, 101, 103, 105, 107; Papers authenticated by, 135; Bond
of indemnity, 200; Counsel for Swaartwoots, 20S; Surveyor for East
Jersey, 209; Referred to, 221, 232, 235, 230, 253, 254, 261; His
declaration concerning Jarrat's surveying instruments, 263; Memo
randum concerning line between New York and New Jersey, ~6i,
269; Sentiments of, respecting the East Jersey line, 275; Referred
to, 290.— Referred to, viii, Part IT, 23; Letter from, relative to the
action of the Council of New York, respecting the boundary line, 89;
Letter to, from Governor Belcher, 142; Referred to, 182; Death of.
214— ix, 342,
Alexander, John, i, 530.
Alexander, Joseph, iv, 215.
Alexander, Robert, iv, 215.
Alexander. Mary, viii, Part II, 228.
Alexander, William (Lord Stirling), Bond of indemnification to, from
the Council of Proprietors of East Jersey, viii, Part I. 200. — Recom
mended as the successor of his father in the Council, viii, Part II,
214; Notice of, 214; In relation to the boundary difficulties, 243. —
ix, 151; Petition of, with others, for payment of the purchase money
for Long Island, granted to their ancestors, 226 ; Member of Council,
274; Named as one of the commissioners for trying pirates, 284;
Letter from, relative to the Stamp Act, 509; Referred to, 582. — Land
mortgaged by him to Mrs. Mary Verplank, x, 547; Member of Coun
cil, 561; Appointed a Colonel by the Provincial Congress, 662; Sus
pended from the Council, 676, 679; His arrest of Governor Franklin,
699, 702, 705.
Alford, Colonel John, Letters to, from Governor Belcher, vii, 91, 579 —
viii, Part I, 10; Subscribes to the College, 109.
Algure, Willium, Grand Juror in riot ease, iii, 4S6, 487.
Algus. Markas, i, 269.
Aliens, Query as to their right to hold lands in America, ix, 382, 397. —
Act relative to, x, 300, 324-329, 337; Instructions relative to 410, 411.
Allan, Jedediah, ii, 832, 362, 364.
Allen, Anthony, i. 288.
Allen, Caleb, ii, 397. '
Alien, David, x, 718.
Allen (Allin)r George, ii, 363, 396. — Affidavit of, iu relation to Combury
Fund, iii, 213; Referred to, 219.
Allen, James, Contributes to the supposed Combury Fund, iii, 212.— viii
Part I, 109.
Allen, Job, x, 717.
Allen, John, ii, 339, 397.— Grand Juror, iii, 486, 487, 496. — Recommended
for the Council, v. 133 — vi, 110.— Certificate of, vii, 560, 604. 
Treasurer, viii, Part I, 66-75, 230, 231.
Allen, Joseph, ii, 42-62. 66-74, 99.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 5
Allen, Matthew, i, 269— ii, 3S4.
Allen, Nathan, iii, 1G5.
Allen, Samuel, ii, 124, 339.
Allen, Thomas, ii, 470.
Allen, William, vii. 323, 377, 515.— Certificate of, 560— ix, 582, 591, 624,
631, 632.
Ailing, John, ii, 326.
Allison, Richard, Letter to, from Daniel Cox, iv, 266, 274. ; Dead, 274.
Allinson, Samuel, Appointed Surrogate, ix, 359.
Alliways' Creek, Lands sold at in England by John Fenwick, i, 414.
Allyn, Judeth, i, 307.
Almy, Christopher, i. 51.
Alricks (Alrichs). Peter, i, 72, 73, 75, 80; Permits from, to take up land,
113, 114; Letter from, to New York Council, 200, 203; Letter from,
to John Fenwieke, 281.
Alsop, John, x, 530.
Alstin, John, iv, 190.
Alting, Samuel, v, 155.
Arabo Point, See Perth Amboy.
Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, Major General, ix, 161, 169, 170, 299, 839; Order
from, to Captain Elias Dayton, 365; Referred to, 392, 393, 398, 399,
401; Vice- Admiral, 622.
Anderson, Abraham, vi, 416 — vii, 212; Indicated, 458; Referred to, 478.
Anderson, Alexander, Lieutenant, ix, 185, 186.
Anderson, Enoch, vii, 546.
Anderson, James, viii, Part II, .163; On military requirements, 176. —
Referred to, Is, 185.
Anderson, John, Recommended for Council, iv, 63, 153, 154, 169, 170;
Attack upon, by Jacob Henderson. 156, 178, 179; Member of Coun
cil, 182, 253, 310, 334, 340, 363; Payments, 370, 372; Referred to,
373. — One of Governor Burnett's Council, v, 3; Suspended, 34, 35,
52; Money paid to, 143, 147; Commissioner to try pirates, 197; Signs
Memorial, 301 ; Announces to the Duke of New Castle the death of
Governor Cosby, and that he had assumed the government, 440; Signs
petition, 443; Death of announced, 445; Referred to, 454, 455, 456,
467, 475, 483-4S8 — vi, 455.— Congratulates Governor Belcher on his
arrival, vii, 64; Leader of the rioters, 87; Referred to, 544 — viii,
Part II, 15, 163.
Anderson, William, Removed by Lord Combury from the Clerkship of
the Assembly, iii, 227; Referred to, 261.
Anderson, Thomas, i, 414.
Andras, Andrew, i, 413.
Andress, Justa, i, 111.
Andress (Andries, Andruis, Anders, Andrus, Andriessen), Lawrence, i,
49, 66; Juror, 82; Member of Council, 89, 91, 92, 97, 110; Affairs
with Council of New Netherlands, 125, 146.

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Andrews, Ephraim, Petitions the Assembly in relation to the East Jersey
records, iii, 220; Foreman of Grand Jury, 481.
Andrews, John, ix, 622.
Andries, Joakim, i, 50.
Andros, Edmund, i, 74; Answer to an application for a patent from
Capt. Cantvvell and Johannes Dehaes, 112; Order from, to repossess
Jean Paul Jacquet of lands taken from him, 117; Order from, author
izing the court at New Castle to take care that the inhabitants be not
disturbed in their possession by Major Fenwick or others, 118;
Commission of, to be Governor of New York, 156 ; Notice of,
155; Letter to, from Sir Joseph Werden, 179; Letter from, to Capt.
Cantwel), regarding Indian affairs, 179, 181 ; Conference between and
the Indian Sachems of New Jersey, 1S2; Special warrant by, against
John Fenwicke, 188; Letters from, to the authorities of New Castle,
189, 204; Letter to, from Sir John Werden, 230; Letter from, to
Captain BiUop, 270; Letter from, to the Commissioners for West
Jersey, 27J ; Commission from, to Overseers at Salem, 284; Order
to authorities at New Castle, to protect the inhabitants on the
East Side of the River in, the possession of their lands, 285; Let
ter from, to Governor Carteret, 292 ; Proclamation of, against
Governor Carteret, 293; Letter to, from Governor Carteret, con
demning his proceedings, 297; Visit of, to New Jersey, 299; War
rant from, to arrest Governor Carteret. 302; Account of his visit
to New Jersey to meet the Assembly, 304; Letters from Governor
Carteret, concerning, 314, 315 ; Communications to, from Town
Officers, 333; Petition to, from William Pardon, 835; Letter to, from
John Warren, 337; Letters to, from Sir John Werden, 345, 347;
Proclamation against, from Governor Carteret, 346; Referred to, 353,
532, 536. —Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, announcing his arrival
in New York, ii, 37.— Referred to, 231, 349, 417, 443— ix, 836— x,
--> 516.
Andross, Lady, i, 805.
Anehoopoen, i, 1.
Anirell. Joseph, ii, 396.
Anson, Lord, ix, 16.
Antil (Anthill), Edward, ii, 32, 376, 408, 411, 416; Signs the Surrender
of ths Government, 4)6-460. — Asks that Andrew Hamilton be ap
pointed Governor, 470 — iii, 314, 315, '498.— Recommended for the-
Council, vi, 110, 232; Notice of, 233; Recommended by the Lords of
Trade, 237; Member of Council, 367-378, 424— vii, 5; Member of
Governor Belcher's Council, 6, 11, 98, 183, 188, 189, 280, 343, 455,
501. — Member of Council, ix, 274; Named as one of the commis
sioners for trying pirates, 283; Suspended from the Council, 299,.
316; His removal therefrom, 335; Notice of, 336, 388.
Antill, John, ix, 339, 340.
Antill, Marquet, ix, 339.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 7
Antle, Dr. Lewis, ix, 339.
Attorney General, Salary of, ix, 620.
Appelgadt, Bartholeraew, i, 142, 143.
Appelgadt, Thomas, i, 142, 143.
Apsley, Sir AJleu, Letter to, from Sir John Werden, relative to customs,
i, 353.
Archer, Edward, vii, 363, 371-874, 444, 446.
Archdale, John, Governor of Carolina, ii, 119.
Arents. Dr. Jacob, iii, 421, 447; Affidavit of, respecting the proceedings
of Peter Sonmans,. 451; Referred to, 456 — Indicted, iv. 88, 293. —
Naturalization of, v, 332.— Referred to, vi, 308, 809, 345— vii, 45.
Arents, Mary, iii, 452.
Arentsen, Claes, i, 49.
Arentsen, Lawrence, i, 49.
Arlington, Lord, Letter to, from Governor Nicolls, relative to the grants
to Berkeley and Carteret,, i, 46; Letter to Samuel Mavericke, relative
to the same, 57.
Armstrong, John, ix, 117.
Arnold, Colonel Benedict, x, 608-610.
Arnold, Elizabeth, Indicted, iv, 88, 89.
Arthur Cull, See Achter Kol.
Ashaly, Robert, ii, 396.
Ashbrook, John, ii, 146.
Ashfield, Lewis Morris, Recommended to be a member of the Council,
vii, 535, 5S6; Appointed a member of the Council, 590; Referred to,
609 ; Indicted, 612 ; Letter concerning him from Governor Belcher,
614; Refused admission to the Council by Governor Belcher, 617;
Five affidavits relating to, 619-622; Governor Belcher in relation to,
623; Referred to, 626, 628; Affirmation of William Morris, relative
to his conduct, 642 ; Referred to, 648. — Letter relative to, from Gov
ernor Belcher, viii, Part I, 8; Refused admission to the Council, 16,
17; Acquitted of, 36; Result of the trial of, 40; Message of Governor
Belcher, relative to his admission to the Council, 101 ; Demands ad
mission to the Council, 107; His non admission referred to the Lords
of Trade, 111; Notes upon his trial by the Attorney-General, 112;
Governor Belcher's course towards him disapproved by the Lords of
Trade, 124; Admitted to the Council, 126. — Petitions as a Proprietor,
viii, Part II, 228; Warrant to, 234— ix, 274; Named as one of the
Commissioners for trying pirates, 283; Claims precedence in the
Council, 430; Precedence denied to him, 447. — Dead, x, 131; Notice
of, 131.
Ashfield, Richard, v, 125. — Recommended for the Council, 317, 319 — vi,
110; Signs as a Proprietor, 137. — Referred to, x, 131.
Ashurt, Sir William, iv, 131.
Ashton, James, i, 88 — ii, 396,397. — Contributes to the supposed Cora-
bury Fund, iii, 213.

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Ashton, John, i, 394.
Ashton, Joseph, ii, 363.
Askew, John, ii, 460.
Assembly of New Jersey, first called, i, 50; Proposed by Governor
Andros, 290; Countermanded by Governor Carteret, 297; Deputies
to, in 16S0, 306; Proceedings of, under Andross, 307-312,— Speech
of Governor Cornbury to, iii, 8; Reply to the same, 11; Speech -of
the same to the same, 165; Petition of, to the Queen relating to the
difficulties attendant on Lord Cornbury's government, 171 ; remon
strance of, against certain evils to which Lord Cornbury was subject
ing the Province, and his reply, 173, 180; Colonel Quarry's remarks
concerning, 236, 237, 272; Address of, to Lord Combury in reply to
his answer to their remonstrance, 242; Several members of, reported
by Lord Cornbury as not qualified, 269; Proceedings of, objected to,
by the Council, 285, 287 ; Minutes of, from the 5th to the 12th of May,
1708; Speech of the Governor to, 293; Reply of, to the same, 295;
Speech to, by Governor Lovelace, 361; Reply to the same, 362;
Address of, to Governor Lovelace in relation to an Address of the
Lieutenant Governor and Council to the Queen, 867, 368; The Coun
cil in defence of their address to the Queen. 372; Address of, to
Governor Lovelace, complaining of Peter Sonmans, 374; Address of,
to the same, relative to Peter Fanconnier, 379; From the same to the
same, expressing their want of confidence in the Council, 379;
Addresses from, to the Queen, relative to the address of the Council
complaining of the Assembly, 385; Answer of Peter Sonmans to
their complaints, 416; Petition to, against Peter Sonmans by the
Grand Inquest of Middlesex County, 445; Report of the Committee
upon the said Petition, 447; Account of their proceedings given to
the Lords of Trade by Lieutenant-Governor Ingohlesby, 467. — An
intended meeting of, iv, 11; Place of meeting of, 16; Minutes of,
^19; William Sandford expelled from, 22; Representation of, relating
to the Administration of Governor Cornbury, 24; Complaint of, to
Governor Hunter, against William Hall, one of the Council of New
Jersey, 79; Memorial of, to Governor Hunter, relative to the perver
sion of justice in the Courts of Law, 87; Petition of several of the
members of, to Lord Cornbury, 110; Address of, to the Queeu.
tendering their support, 134; Raised £5,000 for the expedition to
Albany, 188; Dispute between it and the Council, 140; Letter from
Governor Hunter relative to certain acts of, 221 ; Speech of Governor
Hunter to, 249; Address of, to Governor Hunter, relating to the
expelling of their Speaker, 250: Dissolving it on account of small
pay, 264; Speech of Governor Hunter to, 267; Address of to
Governor Hunter, 268; Meeting of, at Chesterfield, 273; Acts of,
transmitted by Governor Hunter, 292 ; Message and speech of
Governor Hunter to, 364, 365. — Dissolved by Governor Burnet, v
8; Governor Burnet's Speech to, 24; Address of, to Governor Burnet

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL LOCUMENTS. 9
25; Governor Burnet's speech to, 26; Address of, to the King, 77;
Report on several of the Acts of, 79; Respecting the manner of
electing Representatives of, S3; Comments of Governor Eurnet upon
acts of, 104, 190: Comments of Governor Montgomerie on certain
acts of, 247 ; Views of the same upon certain acts, relative
to a separate Governor, 285; Remarks of Governor Cosby on
certain acts of, 365 ; Act of, for making £40,000 in bills of
credit, disapproved by Solicitor John Sharpe, 410; Reply of Richard
Partridge to John Sharpe, 416.— Thanks of, to the King, for giving
them a Governor separate from New York, vi, 58; Differences
between, and the Council, 62-65; Settle a support for three years on
Governor Morris, 68; Action of, in respect to raising troops, 101;
Representation of, respecting the making of iron, 140; Two acts of,
submitted for the opinion of Mr. Fane, 150; Speeches of Governor
Morris to, and answers to the same, 178-190; Dissolved by the
Governor, 190; Observations from the votes of, upon a bill for better
regulating the militia. 201-204 ; Several acts of, rejected by the
Council, with reasons therefor, 219 ; Proceedings of, relative to an
act for ascertaining the fees to be taken by the several offices, 239;
Minutes of, 246; Message of Governor Morris to, 251; Petition to,
from the Essex County rioters, 348; Message to, from President
Hamilton, 436; Message from, to President Hamilton, 438.—
Addresses of, to Governor Belcher, vii, 25, 345; Petition of, to the
King, relative to the condition of the Province, 351; Contention
between it and the Council, 356; Letter from Governor to the Lords
of Trade respecting the proceedings of, 361; Complaint against, for
not paying the amount of salary due to Governor Morris, 401; Repre
sentation of, to the Lords of Trade, relative to arrears of salary due
to the late Governor Morris, 459; Petition of, to the King, 462;
Behaviour of, commented upon by the Lords of Trade, 551 ; Messages
to, from Governor Belcher, 580, 583; Dissolved by Governor Belcher,
587; Messages to new session of, 591, 615, 625. — Messages to, from
Governor Belcher, viii, Part I, 12, 21; Report of the Lords of Trade
on some of the proceedings of, 28 ; Petition of, asking that the
Governor be permitted to assent to a bill making current £60,000 in
bills of credit, 183 ; Proceedings of, transmitted to the Lords of
Trade, 287 ; Vote £15,000 for the support of Colonel Schuyler's
regiment, viii, Part II, 11; Printed journals of, forwarded to the
Lords of Trade, 12 ; Petition of, to the King, relative to the bill for
making amount of £70,000 in bills of credit, 14; Unsatisfactory
proceedings of, 24; Action of, upon, various subjects, 26; Message to,
from Governor Belcher, 93 ; Action of, thereupon, 94 ; Represenation
of the Lords of Trade to the King, relative to the petition of, 100;
Message to, from Governor Belcher, 119; Meeting of,' at Elizabeth-
town, requested by Governor Belcher, 126; Messages to, from
Governor Belcher, relative to military affairs, 128, 162; A meeting

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of, to be called, 181 ; Message to, from Governor Belcher, 193, 198
Summoned to meet, 249. — Prorogued by Governor Bernard, ix, 126
Message from, to Governor, 129; Speech of the Governor to, 159
Answer to the same, 162; Unanimity and dispatch of, commended
by Governor Bernard, 166; Speech of Governor Bernard to, 220;
Reply of, to the same, 222; The amicable proceedings of, 248; Action
of, in relation to raising additional troops, 260, 261; Address of,
to Governor Boone, 287; Answer to the same, 2S8; Two Acts of,
disapproved, 331 ; Bill before, for laying a duty on imported negroes,
315; Acts of, sent to the Lords of Trade, 383; Proceedings of
Governor Franklin with, in respect to the means of repelling the
hostilities of the Indians, 398; Certain acts of, relative to raising
levies, 428. 458; Act of, to render void Peter Gordon's lottery
repealed, 487; Address from, to the King, on the repeal of the Stamp
Act, 500; Votes of, transmitted to the Lords of Trade, 567, 568;
Pay of the Speaker of, 607; Fees of the Clerk of, 607; Fees of the
Sergeant-at-Arms of, 608; The King's displeasure with, for not
obeying the act of Parliament in regard to mutiny and desertion,
636; Alteration in the number of, forbidden, 637, 638. — Petition to
the King for relief from act of Parliament imposing a duty on them
for revenue purposes, x, 18; Proceedings of, in connection with the
passage of the bill for issuing £100,000 in currency, 60; The Lords
of Trade recommend that the act of, for issuing £100,000 be dis
allowed, 106; Act disallowed, 115: Speech of the Governor to, in
relation to the riots in Monmouth and Essex Counties, 172; Reply
of, to the same, 180; Displeasure of, at the disallowance of the Paper
Money Act, 200; Action of, in relation to supplies for the troops, etc.,
201; Message to, from the Governor, relative to supplies for the
troops, 203; Answer from, to the same, 204; Insolvent laws of, 236;
Refuse to provide for the King's troops, 237; Speech of Governor
Franklin to, 238; Answer of. 242; Message to, 243; Reply to, 251;
Rejoinder, 256; Supplies for the troops still refused by, 297, 304;
Dispute with the Governor in regard to the resignation of Mr. Ogden,
as a member of the House. 303; The position of the Governor in this
dispute approved by Secretary Hillsborough, 318 ; The matter referred
to Richard Jackson, one of his Majesty's Counsel -at-law, 319; Con
sent to pay the arrears due to the troops, and debt incurred during
the late war, 321; Order in Privy Council relative to acts of, con
cerning the recovery of debts from non-residents, 324-329; The
dispute in regard to Mr. Ogden's resignation as a member of, 334;
Dissolved by the Governor, 356; Report on the claim of, to order an
election for a member in the room of Mr. Ogden, 369 ; The Earl of
Hillsborough on the same subject, 374; Money granted by, for the
support of the King's troops, 378; Conduct of, satisfactory to the
Earl of Dartmouth, 388; Proceedings of, in reference to robbery of
the Treasury, 412, 414, 415; Message to, from the Governor, relative

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 11
to the resignation of the Treasurer, Stephen Skinner, 420; Two acts
of, transmitted to the Earl of Dartmouth, 461 ; Report of Richard
Jackson on thirty-three acts of, 508; Speech of the Governor to, 53S;
Address of, to the Governor, 513; Committee of, appointed to attend
the Continental Congress, 546; Intended to appoint members to the
Congress, 571; Speech of Governor Franklin to, 620; Address of, in
reply thereto. 633; The Governor's rejoinder, tj-3S ; The proceedings
of, 676; Notes of what Mr. Dickenson said before the House of,
6S9; Message from, in reply to the Governor, 697.
Assessors of Counties, Proclamation of, iv, 400.
Assheton, Robert, Member of the Pennsylvania Council, iv, 393.
Atkins, Sir Edward, i. 366: ii, 8SS.
Atkins, Sir Robert, i, 366; il, 388.
Atkinson, James, ii. 148.
Atwood, Chief Justice, Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, ii, 428.
Auehmuty, Robert, x, 375, 377.
Auehmuty, Rev. Samuel, x, 313, 341.
Augustine, i, 221.
Aul, William, x, 531.
Austen, Joseph. Commissioner of Customs, ii, 168, 179.
Avery (Every) the Pirate, ii, 151, 223, 235, 358.
Aynsley (Aiusley, Aisleby, Ailesby), William, Appointed Chief Justice,
viii, Part II. 190; Warrant to, 247.— Death of, ix, 124, 173; Referred
to, 177, 214, 217, 232, 230.
Ayies, Jonathan, x, 531.
Ayres, Moses, vii. 422.
Ayscough, John, Letter from, to Robert Hunter Morris, relative to Pro
vincial affairs, viii, Part I, 116. B.
Bacon, John, ii, 330 — iii, 16-5— iv, 215.
Bacon, Joseph, iv, 215.
Bacon, Nathaniel, The Virginia rebel, vii, 309, 311, 315.
Bacon, Samuel, iv, 215.
Bacon, William, iv, 215.
Bagley. Charles, i, 268.
Bahama Islands, Retreat for pirates, ii, 119, 358.
Bailey (Bailees), John, i, 15. 18, 504-506— ii, 125, 126.
Bainbridge, Edmund, vi, 455, 465. — Congratulates Governor Belcher,
viL 64; Arrested, 87; Referred to, 206, 220, 451; Indicted, 45S; Re
ferred to, 628.
Bainbridge (Bambridge). John, Recommended for the Council, iv, 217,
227, 375, 377.— Referred to, vii, 217, 231, 449, 451, 482.
Bainbridge (Bunbridge), Jr., John, vi, 455, 460, 463-469.
Bainfield, Mr., iv, 297, 300, 305, 374.

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Baid, Peter, iv, 197; Recommended for Council, 377.— One of Governor
Burnet's Council, v, 2, 3, 34; Money received from, on account of
bills of credit, 134; Money paid to, 137, 139, 141, 147, 148; Grand
Juror, 187; Commissioner to try pirates, 197; Signs memorial, 301;
Dead, 375, 402; Referred to, 454.
Baker. Abraham, ii, 334, 397.
Baker, John, i, 18, 9S, 122, 529— ii, 227— vi, 208, 351— vii, 457.
Baker, Lewis, i, 307.
Baldwin, Amos, vi, 351.
Baldwin, Benjamin, ii, 339.
Baldwin, Caleb, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Baldwin, David, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Baldwin, Senior, John, ii, 336.
Baldwin, Jon., x, 587, 588.
Baldwin, Moses, Newark rioter, vii, 179.
Baldwin, Nathan, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Baldwin, Nehemiah. vi, 245, 295, 401— vii, 210; Indicted, 457.
Baldwin, Samuel, vi, 294, 346, 350, 361, 367— vii, 64, 74, 208, 470.
Ball, Aaron, vi, 351.— Newark rioter, vii, 179, 403-405, 433, 434, 437,
438, 441, 442; Examination of, 443; Indicted, 458, 511-513.
Ball, Caleb, ii, 339.
Ball, Edward, ii, 336, 339.
Ball, Esekill, vi, 351— vii, 458.
Bali, Lewis, Autograph, v, 510.
Ball, Nathaniel, vi, 351 — vii. 457.
Ball, Richard, iv, 299.
Ball, Robert, iv, 310.
Ball, Timothy, vi, 351— vii, 458.
Balliuger, Henry, iii, 104.
Baltimore, Lord, i, 420— ii, 124, 360.
Bambridge, Peter, vii, 628.
Bankrupts, Bill relating to, iv, 126.
Banks, Joseph, iv, 370.
Banks, Josiah, Ensign, ix. 185, 187.
Banyar, George, ix, 182.
Barber, Francis, i, 50, 83.
Barbarie, John, iv, 340, 408— v, 197— vii, 650— viii, Part I, 237— ix, 366.
Barbou, Edward, v, 187.
Barclay, David, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 3S3, 341, 448, 460; Ship
ments by, to East Jersey, 464, 465, 466, 467, 499, 528.
Barclay, James, vii, 420.
Barclay, John, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 446^ 460, 465, 529.  jj %
Commissioned as Surveyor-General of East Jersey, 81 ; Notice of 81 •
Signs as Proprietor, 113; Clerk, 271, 275, 817; Surrenders the Gov
ernment of East Jersey, 387; Signs the surrender, 456-460; Objected
to as a member of Council, 488.— Prohibited by Governor Cornbury

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from receiving quit rents, iii, 132; Referred to, 253, 254; Complaint
of, at the non-recognition of his commission as Receiver-General,
381; Arrest of, by advice of Peter Sonmans, 375, 420, 447, 451, 456,
, 457; Recommended for Council of Governor Hunter, 498 — iv, 9,
Letter from, relative to prepartions for the accommodations of Gov
ernor Hunter, 13; Statement of, respecting Peter Sonmans, 15; Re
ferred to. 42, 74, 107; Clerk of Middlesex and Somerset Counties,
142; Referred to. 241 ; Salary as Clerk of the Assembly, 369; Deputy
Secretary, 403; Deputy Register, 431.— Referred to, v, 57.
Barclay, Robert, Proprietor and Governor of East New Jersey, commis
sions Thomas Rudyard as Secretary and Register of East Jersey, i,
376; Commissions Samuel Groom as Receiver General of the same,
378; One of the twenty-four Proprietors of East Jersey, 383, 410,
412; Commissions Gawen Lawrie as Deputy Governor of East Jersey.
423; Signs as a Proprietor, 437; Named as a Proprietor, 441, 446,
448, 451, 454, 457, 439, 462; Interested in goods shipped to East Jer
sey, 467; Instructions from, relative to setting out of land in East
Jersey, 470; Instructions from, to Governor Lawrie, 476; Named,
etc., as Proprietor, 499, 5C0; Notice of, 502; Letter from, to Dep
uty Governor and Council of Proprietors in East Jersey, 506; In
structions from, and other Proprietors to Andrew Hamilton, 508;
Referred to, 509, 517; Agreement as to the dividing line between
East and West Jersey. ,519; Referred to, 528; Letter from, and other
Proprietors in England, to the Deputy Governor and Council in East
Jersey, 541 — ii, 22, 26; Agreement with Governor Cox in regard to
the boundary line, 34; Named as a Proprietor, 187-193; Disburse
ments by, on account of East Jersey, 202; Signs as a Proprietor,
257, 263; Referred to, 369; Asks the appointment of Andew Hamil
ton as Governor, 470.
Barefoot, Brimstone, iv, 815.
Barentsen (Barents), Francis, i, 194, 196.
Bargoun, Peter, iii, 440.
Barker, Thomas, One of the East Jersey Proprietors, i, 383, 424, 433, 434,
437, 442, 446, 451, 454, 457, 460, 462, 474, 483, 484, 490, 4S9, 500,
504, 530— ii, 26, 171, 177, 186-193; Disbursements by, on account
of East Jersey, 203; Signs instructions to Governor Basse, 213; As
Proprietor, 257, 263, 376, 408, 41.1; Signs, 431; Referred to, 437;
Signs the surrender of the Government, 456, 460: Recommends An
drew Hamilton for Governor, 470. — Referred to, iii, 313.
Barkstead, Joshua, ii, 377, 473— iv, 344, 345.
Barnes, Mr., vi, 388, 391.
Barnet, Ichabod B., x. 363, 364, 365, 368.
Baron, Machgyel, i, 268.
Baron, Michell, i, 191, 204, 284 414.
Barr, George C, x, 717.
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Barrington. Lord, ix, 8, 14, 16, 17.
Bartleson, Andrew, i, 269.
Bartlett, Benjamin, ii, 41, 45, 48.
Bartlett, Thomas, iv, 80-85.
Barton, Joseph, Lieutenant, ix, 1S5.
Barton, Thomas, i, 269.
Barton, Thomas, Inspector of the Press, viii, Part II, 70.
Bartow, John, i, 510 — iv, 174.
Bartow, Thomas, vi, 317, 353, 350, 440.— Clerk of the Assembly, vii, 89,
343— viii, Part II, 172.
Basse, Jeremiah, i, 509. — Commission to, from the West Jersey Society in
England as their "agent, ii, 91 ; Notice of, 91 ; Letter to, from the
Proprietors of West Jersey in England, 97; Form of bond sent to
him, to be entered into by the Proprietors of the several plantations
in America, 141; Draft of commission to, as Governor of West Jer
sey, 143; Memorial of the Proprietors of East and West Jersey, ask
ing his appointment as Governor, 149; Required by the Lords of
Trade to give security before being appointed Governor, 150; Letters
from, to Secretary Popple, in regard to pirates and piracies, and the
security demanded of him as Governor, 150, 154-157; Letters to,
from Secretary Popple, in answer to the above, 155, 162 ; Petition
from, as a Proprietor, to the Lords Justices, 171 ; Announcement of
his appointment as Governor of East Jersey, 176; Proclamation of,
for the suppression of vice and immorality, 206; Instructions to, as
Governor, 209; Letter from, to Secretary Popple, announcing his
arrival in New Jersey, 214; Referred to, 217, Proclamation of, estab
lishing Perth Amboy as a port, 227; Correspondence between, the
Earl of Bellemont, relative to the delivery of two privates to the
latter, 229; Referred to, 285; Letter to, from Secretary Popple,
commending him for his zeal in suppressing piracy, 243 ; Referred
to, 244; Complaints against, by the Earl of Bellemont, to the Lords
^of Trade, 241, 245; Note on, 246; Referred to, 247, 248, 252; Re
flections upon his conduct by the town of Newark, 270 ; Proclamation
of, against certain immigrants from Scotland, 272; Referred to,
280; Letter from, relative to pirates and illegal traders. 286; Procla
mation of, against certain ships from Scotland, 297; Called to
account by the West Jersey Society, 299; Letter from, relative to his
administration of New Jersey affairs, 310; Petition* relative to the
ship Hester, 311; Referred to, 318, 820, 321; An account of the dis
turbances in East Jersey, 329 : Letter from, to the Lords of Trade
340; Referred to, 241, 242; Letters from, to the Lords of Trade 343
352; Referred to, 350, 351; Memorial from, to the Lords of Trade
asking for a consideration of the remonstrance of the inhabitants of
East Jersey, 357; Referred to, 367, 378, 381, 382; Memorial of to
the Lords of Trade, relating to the Government of East Jersey, 39]
392; Referred to, 394, 898, 399, 400-404; Memorial from, to the
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NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 15
Lords of Trade, relative to the surrender of the Government, 418;
Referred to, 423, 434, 435, 439, 442, 444, 473, 475; Nominated
for Council, 487; Objected to, 488; Remarks of, concerning cer
tain persons recommended for the Council, 502; Referred to, 502. —
His appointment as Secretary of New Jersey opposed by Peter
Sonmans. iii, 20; A true representation of the ease of, 20; Accused
of carrying the public records out of the province, 92, 127, 152, 253,
254, 325; His party's actions related by Lewis Morris, 275-277; His
proceedings referred to 415; Certificate of, relative to Sonmau's
affairs, 458-460; Presides at the Court of Common Right, 419; Re
ferred to, 439, 492, 493, 491 — iv, 45, 40, 43; Addresses and deposi
tions against, 71-74; Referred to, 76; Indicted for perjury and forg
ery, 83; Answer of, to a representation of George Willock's against
him, 90, 97; Referred to, 123, 124; Obnoxious to Governor Hunter,
139; Letter to, from Governor Hunter, relative to commissions for
the Supreme Court Judges, 139 ; To, from the same, relative to swear
ing officers, 141; Letter from, to Governor Hunter, relative to sur
veys, 142; Complained of by Thomas Gardiner, 144; Letter from, to
Governor Hunter, relative to Thomas Gardiner, 148; Announces to
Governor Hunter the election of a new Council by the Proprietors of
West Jersey, 151; Salary, 172, 183, 368, 369, 370; Referred' to, 209,
237, 238, 259, 260, 301-v, 58, 135, 137, 138, 143.
^Basset, Arnold, viii, Part I, 2:5, 226.
Bateman. John, x, 613.
Bates, Alexander, x, 717.
Bates, Thomas, iv. 42.
Bath, Earl of, i, 366.
Battersley, Nicholas, ii, 41-6, 63-73, 79.
Baton, Michael, Deposition of, i, 274.
Batsey, Robert, vi, 1C9.
Bawta, Weart, ii. 327.
Baxter, Major G., i, 518.
Bayard, John, vi, 144.
Bayard, Nicholas, i, 131, 142, 143, 517, 518— H, 106. 237-x, 169,170,189.
Bayard, William, ix, 451-453, 456, 403; Wiites to Governor Franklin
relative to Captain Kennedy's complaint, 467; Referred to, 470;
Letter to, from Governor Franklin, relative to Captain Kennedy's
complaint. 471; Deposition of, in the same matter, 472.— Recom
mended for the Council of New Jersey, x. 131, 140; Claims of, to
common lands in Bergen Township, 1S3; Petition of, in relation to
said claims, 168; Referred to, 189, 190.
Bayley, Charles, i, 414.
Baylies, John, vi, 207, 208, 211.
Baynton, Peter, Named for the Council, vi, 107, 109; Deceased, 237.
Beadle, Daniel, vii, 426, 428.
Beadle, Jacob, vii, 423, 426.

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Beadle. Michael, vii, 427.
Beaks, Edmund, iv, 42 — vii, 637.
Beasley, Michael, Examination of, relative to the sloop St. Migel, vi, 888.
Beatty, Col. Erkuries, ix, 7.
Beatty, Gen. John, ix, 6.
Beaver Skins, Duties upon, ix, 405.
Beckman, Gerardus, iii, 64— iv, 340, 408.
Bedford, Duke of, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to commerce
with the French, vii, 134; Letter to, from the same, transmitting
Acts of the Assembly, 137; Address to, from members of the New
Jereey Council, relative to the riots, 191; Letter to, from Governor
Belcher, relative to the affairs of New Jersey, 289; Letter to, from
Governor Clinton, 531; Letler to, from Governor Belcher, relative to
New Jersey affairs, 598.
Bedford, Jonas, Lieutenant, ix, 185.
Bedford, Joseph, x, 718.
Bedford, Steven, ii, 396.
Beekman, Gerard, viii, Part I, 237.
Beere, Jonathan, ii, 148, 880.
Belcher, Andrew, Letter to, from his father, Governor Belcher, viii, Part
II, 196— ix, 622.
Belcher, Counsellor, Opinions of, as to bills of credit being made legal
tenders in New Jersey, viii, Part II, 87.
Belcher & Foye, Letter to, from Govjrnor Belcher, viii, Part I, 108.
Belcher, Jonathan, His appointment as Governor of New Jersey, first re
ferred to, vi, 303, 423, 434 ; Petition to the King, relative to salary,
443; Petition of, to be absent from his Government for three mouths, .
450; Report of the Lords of Trade on said petition, 453. — Notice of,
vii, 1 ; Commission for, to be Governor of New Jersey, 2 ; Instruc
tions to, 4, 7; Proceedings of the Council on the arrival of, 11; Ad
dresses to, and replies from, on his arrival, 13-17; Referred to, 18;
'Address of, to the Council and Assembly of New Jersey, 19; Auto
graph of, 22; Answers of the Council and the Assembly to his ad
dress, 23-29; Letter from to the Lords of Trade announcing Ms
arrival in the Province, 29; Letter from, to Rev. Mr. Bradbury, 54;
Letter from, to Governor Clinton, 55; To committee of the West
Jersey Society, 57; To Mr. Craddock, describing his residence at
Burlington, 58; To Richard Partridge, about private affairs, 59; To
Secretary Willard, 61: Congratulatory address to, from a committee
of the disffaected, 63 ; Letter from, to Col. Winslow, relative to the
rioters, 65; To Mr. Justice Budd, 67; Message of, to the Council and
Assembly of New Jersey, 67; Petition to, from alleged rioters, 71;
Letter from, to Richard Partridge, 75; To Mr Oliver, 75; Referred
to, 77; Address of the Council to, 81; Letter from, to Col. Alford,
91 ; Letter from, in favor of Col. Peter Schuyler, and other New Jer
sey officers, 93 ; Message of, to the Council and Assembly, relative to

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 1?
the expedition to Crown Point, 94; Letter of Congratidation to, from
the Lords of Trade, 96. — Letter from, to Riehard Partridge, vii, 100 ;
Message to the Assembly, 103; Prorogues the Legislature. 104; Let
ter from, to Richard Partridge, relative to the action of the Legisla
ture, 106; Addresses of the Council, 110; Reply thereto, 112; Letter
from, to Rev. Aaron Burr, relative to the new college, 115; To James
Alexander, relative to the expedition against Crown Point, 117; To
Rev. Mr. Peinberton, relative to the college, 118; Referred to, 121;
Letter from, to James Logan, relative to a charter for the college,
124; Referred to, 126; Letter from, to Anthony Palmer, President of
the Pennsylvania Council, 130; Reply thereto, 131; His considera
tion for the Quakers, 183; Letter from, to the Duke of Bedford, rela
tive to the commerce with the French, 134; To Governor Shirley,
relative to a conference with the Indians, 135 ; To the Duke of Bed
ford, transmitting Acts of the Assembly, 137; To the Lords of Trade,
relative to Acts of the Assembly, 140: To the committee of the West
Jersey Society, relative to appointing agents in the Province, 145,
150; Message from, to the Council and Assembly of New Jersey, 149;
Referred to, 168; He rejects the advice of his Council, 183; Referred
to, 203; His actions criticized by James Alexander, 204; Referred
to, 219; His proceedings commented upon by F. J. Paris, 2S8; Let
ter from, to the Lords of Trade, answering certain queries, 248; From
the same, to the same, relative to certain acts passed in New Jersey,
246; From the same, to the same, relative to the riots, 249; Letter
from J. Alexander and R. H. Morris, relative to the same, 251;
Referred to, 271; Letter from, to the Duke of Bedford, relative
to the affairs of the Province, and the complaints against him, 2S9 ;
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the riots, 2C3; Mes
sage from, to the Legislature, 332 ; Address of the House of Assem
bly to, 345; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the con
tention between the Council and the Assembly, 356; Letter from, to
the Lords of Trade, respecting the proceedings of the Assembly, 301;
Letter from, to the Secretary of State, inclosing affidavits, showing
the state of the Provinces, 8C9; Transmits to the Lords cf Trade ac
counts of ships entered and cleared at the ports of Burlington and
Perth x\mboy, 381; Proclamation upon the occasion of two riots iu
New Jersey, 382; Referred to, 401, 414; Letter to, from members of
the Council, relative to the state of the Province, 452 ; Referred to,
483, 517, 523; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the
suspension of John Coxe, 540; Letter to, from Thomas Cadwalader,
544; From T. Severns, 546; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, rela
tive to the behaviour of the Assembly, 551; Seized with a palsy,
553; Letter from, to Richard Partridge, relative to the proceedings
of the Legislature, 538 ; Letter from, to the Duke of Bedford, rela
tive to pig and bar iron, 554; To the same, relative to the proceed
ings of the Assembly, 555; To the Lords of Trade, relative to the

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same, 556; Certificates and papers relating to mills, etc., tor rolling
iron iri the Province of New Jersey, 558; Proclamation of, relative to
an act to encourage the importation of iron, 561; Letter from, rela
tive to the complaints against him, 571; Letter from, to R- Part
ridge, relative to New Jersey affairs, 573; Recommends William
31orris for the Council, 575, 577; To Col. Alford, in regard to college
building, 579: Message from, to the Council and Assembly, 580, 583;
His renom iuations for the Council objected to by the Lords of
Trade, 585; To the Duke of Bedford, relative to dissolving the As
sembly, 587; Message of, to the Council and Assembly, 591; Letter
from, to Richard Partridge, 592; To the Earl of Halifax, relative to
complaints against him, 594; To Governor Clinton, relative to a pro
posed conference with the Indians, 596; To the Massachusetts Com
missioners, to treat with the Indians, 597; To the Duke of Bedford,
relative to New Jersey affairs, 598 ; To Richard Partridge, relative
to William Morris and Samuel Smith, 600; To the Lords of Trade,
relative to the same, 607; To Lord Hardwicke, relative to the same,
611; To Richard Partridge, relative to Lewis M. Ashfield, 614; Mes
sage from, to the Council and Assembly, 615; Refuses to admit L.
M. Ashfield to the Council, 617; Letter from, to Rev. Aaron Burr,
relative to the college, 618; To the Lords of Trade, relative to L. M.
Ashfield, 628; Message from, to the Assembly, relative to irregular
proceedings, 625; Additional instructions to, 631-634; Message of,
to the Council, 684; Changes his residence, 640; Transmits eight
acts of the Legislature to the Secretary of State. 646; J. Alexander
in relation to the proceedings of, 651. — Letter from, to Benjamin
Franklin, relative to an electrical apparatus, viii, Part I, 7; To
Lord Halifax, relative to Lewis M. Ashfield, 8; To Col. Brattle, rela
tive to the electrical cure, etc., 9; To Col. John Alford, relative to
the College, 10; To Mr. Walley, relative to the same, 11; Messages
Jrom, to the Legislature of New Jersey, 12, 21 ; Letter from, to his
nephew, Mr. Foye, 22; To William Morris, relative to a library at
Trenton, 32; To Richard Partridge, relative to Lewis M. Ashfield,
86; To Andrew Johnston, relative to the imprisonment of Simon
Wyckoff, 37; To Samuel Nevill, relative to the riot at Perth Amboy,
88 ; Letter to, from Samuel Nevill, relative to the trial of Lewis M.
Ashfield, 40; Letter relative to Wyckoff and Waller, 45; Letter from,
to the Lords of Trade, relative to the riot at Perth Amboy, 52; To
Richard Partridge, relative to the same, 52, 61; To the Lords of
Trade, relative to the same, 60; To R. Partridge, relative to James
Alexander, 61 ; Transmits the accounts of various officers to the Lords
of Trade, 65; Letter from, to George Whitefield, on religious sub
jects, 84; To Lady Huntingdon, 87; To President Burr, on his mar
riage, 89; To Mr. Shippen, relative to the College, 94; To Lord
Hardwicke, relative to orders from the King, 95; To the Earl of
Granville, asking for continued confidence, 97; To Lord Halifax,

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 19
relative to the affairs of the Province, 99; Message to the Council,
relative to L. M. Ashfield, 101; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade,
urging the transmission of orders from the King, 102 ; Extracts from
letter to Partridge, concerning R. H. Morris, 102; Speech before the
Council, 103; Denies L. M. Ashfield admission to the Council, 107;
Letter from, relative to manufactures, 10S; To Col. Alford, thanking
him for a subscription to the College, 109; To the Lords of Trade,
¦ relative to his not admitting Mr. Ashfield to the Council, 111; To the
same, on the revision of the laws, 118 ; His course toward Mr. Ashfield
disapproved by the Lords of Trade, 124; Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, relative to Messages of the Legislature, 125; He admits Mr. Ash
field to the Council, 126; Requested by the Lords of Trade to give aid
to the missionaries in New Jersey, 140; Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, transmitting documents, 151 ; Circular letter to, from the Lords
of Trade, 156; Instructions to, from the Lords of Trade, 188; Letter
to Lords of Trade, relative to disputes between the people of New York
and New Jersey for want of a dividing line, 190; Memorial of the Pro
prietors of East Jersey to, 202; Transmits proceedings of Council and
Assembly to the Lords of Trade, 287; Letter to, from Sir Thomas Rob
inson, 292; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to the defence
against the French, 294 ; Requests the aid of Richard Partridge, in favor
of Cortland Skinner as Attorney-General, 298. — Letterfrom, to Colonel
Schuyler, relative to the additional support for his regiment, viii, Part
II, 11; To Sir Thomas Robinson, relative to the Assembly, 24; To
the Lords of Trade, relative to the same, 26; Transmits, to the same,
papers relative to the boundary question, 30, 72; Also bill for making
current £70,000 in bills of credit, 36; Letter from, to Sir Thomas
Robinson, relative to affairs in the Province, 76; Answers certain
questions relative to the present condition of New Jersey, 78; Mes
sage of, to the Assembly, 93 ; Transmits paper, to the Lords of Trade,
102, 112; Letterfrom, to Sir Thomas Robinson, relative to military
matters, 105; Letterfrom, to Lieutenant-Governor 31 orris, 116; To
General Braddock, 117; To Secretary Read, relative to the defeat of
General Braddock, 117; Congratulates Lieutenant-Governor Pownall
on his appointment, 118; Message from, to the Council and Assem
bly, relative to military matters, 119; Letter to Governor Dinwiddie,
on the same subject, 122; Reply of Lords of Trade to several of his
letters, 124; Desires the Council and Assembly to meet him at Eliza-
bethtown, 126; Letter to Governor DeLancy, relative to embargoes,
127; Message from, to Council and Assembly, relative to military
affairs, 128; Letter from, to Mr. Oliver, relative to the condition of
the forces on the frontier, 131 ; To Sir John St. Clair, on the necessity
of driving the French from America, 133; To Richard Partridge, rel
ative to the appointment of a Lieutenant-Governor, 135; To Sir
Thomas Robinson, relative to raising additional troops, 135; Con
gratulates Mr. Pownall on his appointment, 139; Letter from, to

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Commissioner Yard, on supplies for the troops, 140; Complimentary
letter from, to Governor Hardy, 141 ; To the same, relative to the
boundary line, 142 ; To James Alexander, 142 ; To Governor Dinwiddie,
relative to the movement of the troops, 143; To Eev. George White-
field, relative to the erection of Nassau Hall, 146; To Sir Thomas
Robinson, relative to military affairs, 148; To Colonel Allen, rela
tive to the invasion of the' French, 156; Proclamation of, to the
Colonels of militia, directing them to muster their troops, 157; Let
ter from, to Governor Morris, relative to the threatened approach of
the French and Indians. 158; To Lieutenant-Governor Pownall rela
tive to the movement of the troops, 160 ; To Governor Morris, relative
to military affairs, 161; Message from, to the Council and Assembly,
162; Letter from, to Lieutenant-Governor Morris, relative to the
enemy, 165; To Rev. Aaron Burr, relative to the College, 166; To
Governor Hopkins, relative to a convention of Commissioners, 167;
To General Shirley, relative to military affairs, 168; To Mr. Pownall,
requesting him to attend the convention of Governors in New York,
170; To Lieutenant-Governor Dinwiddie, relative to military affairs,
172 ; Directs the Colonels of regiments to muster their troops and
march to the Delaware river, 174; Letter from, to his nephew, P.
Oliver, 175 ; To Colonel Anderson, relative to military requirements,
176; Directions of, to Colonel Andrew Johnston, 178; To Colonel
Jospph Tuttle, relative to the defence of the frontier, 179; To Colonel
Schuyler, relative to marching to Minisink, 180; To Governor Morris,
relative to military affairs, 181; Directs a meeting of the Assembly
to be called, 181 ; Proclamation of, relative to the defence of Moms
and Sussex counties, 182; Letter to General Shirley, relative to
councils of war at Oswego, 182; To Governor Hardy, relative to di
vision line and building of block houses, 183 ; Answers of, to queries
from the Lords of Trade, 185; Letter to the same, relative to New
s Jersey affairs, 187; To Lord Hardwicke, relative to the necessity of
capturing Canada, 188; To Richard Partridge, relative to the ap
pointment of Chief-Justice Aislely (Aynsley), 190; To Secretary
Read, relative to the imprisonment of Iudians in Pennsylvania, 191:
Message of, to the Council and Assembly, 193; Letter to Governor
Shirley, 104; To Mr. Walley, referring to Rev. Mr. Whitefield, 195;
To his son, Andrew, 196; To Richard Partridge, 197; To Consul
Dean, relative to the College, 197; Message to the Assembly, 198;
Letterfrom, to Lord Halifax, relative to Attorney-General Skinner,
200; Message to Assembly, asking for an augmentation of the forces
in New Jersey, 201 ; Letter from, to General Shirley, commenting on
the last campaign, 203; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, com
mending the services of New Jersey, 206; Announces to the Lords
of Trade, the death of James Alexander, and recommends his son
William as his successor in the Council, 214; To depute Lieutenant-
Governor Pownall to attend meetings of the Governors, 215 ; Referred

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 21
to, 217; Expresses to the Lords of Trade, his gratification that the
course of New Jersey is approved of, 219; Comments on the recent
proceedings of the, Government, 220; Letter to the Lords of Trade,
concerning the boundary and inclosing petition of Proprietors, 224,
Nominates Samuel Woodruff for the Council, 236; Proclamation, re
lating to the exportation of provisions, 237; Summons Council and
Assembly to meet, 249; Letter to the Earl of Holderness, relative to
the embargo on grain, and to imprisonment of two captains of pri
vateers, 254; To the Lords of Trade, relative to the boundary line,
256; Death of, 257, 259-270.— Referred to, ix, 119, 134, 157, 206, 270,
367— x, 131.
Belestre,  , x, 010, 611.
Bell, Henry, ii, 397.
Bellamy, Rev. Joseph, ix, 258.
Bellomont, Earl of, ii, 114; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative
to ports in New Jersey, 201 ; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, rela
tive to the same, 216; Proclamation of, against the establishment of
courts in New Jersey, 21S; Letterfrom, to the Lords of the Treas
ury, inclosing said proclamation, 221 ; Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, relative to his proclamation, 222; Correspondence between,
and Governor Basse, relative to the delivery of two privates to the
former, 229; Letterfrom, to the Lords of Trade, 234; Letter from,
to the Lords of the Admiralty, relative to taking two supposed
pirates out of the hands of Governor Basse, 286; Referred to, 239;
Letters from to the Lords of Trade, complaining of Governor Basse,
241, 245; Referred to, 244, 247, 252; His seizure of the ship Hester,
255; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, 271; Referred to, 286, 291;
Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey matters,
302; Referred to, 312, 321; Letterfrom, to the Lords of the Treas
ury, relative to the ship Hester, 341 ; Report to, on the harbor of
New York, 354; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to the
boundary between New York and New Jersey, 367; Referred to,
434— iii," 115, 493.
Beraan, David, x, 717.
Beman, Josiah, x, 718.
Benckes, Jacob, i, 122.
Benedyck, Thomas, i, 15— vi, 207.
Bennet, H., iii, 302.
Bennet (Banet), Jeremiah, ii, 327, 396.
Bennet, John, ii, 456-460, 470.
Bennet, Peter, i, 183.
Bennett, Joseph, A West Jersey Proprietor, iii, 95, 498.
Bennit, Arie, ii, 325, 332.
Benson, Thomas, i, 269.
Benthall, Walter, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 442, 454, 457, 462, 474,
4S2, 483, 490, 504, 530— ii, 26, 164, 165, 171, 177, 1S6-193, 198; Dis-

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bursementsby, on account of East Jersey, 203; Signs instructions to
Governor Basse, 213; As Proprietor, 257, 263, 376, 4C8, 411—
iii, 814.
Bergen, Oath of Allegiance at, 1665-1668, i, 48; Order prohibiting the
exercise of authority in, not sanctioned by the Governor. 92; Rela
tions with the Council of New Netherlands, 123, 125, 127, 129. 135,
140, 145, 146, 151, 320; Schoolmaster and Precentor to be supported,
141. — Inhabitants of, ask for trees to construct stockades, iii, 149.
Bergen County, Taxes, iv, 368, 369; Fees of representatives, 370. — Com
mon lands of, ix, 451, 454, 459-475, 478. — Act relating to the com
mon lands in, x, 152; Petition of William Bayard in relation to his
claims to said lands, 168; Lords of Trade recommend the disallow
ance of the act relative to the common lands in, 188; Act disallowed
in the Privy Council, 196.
Berkeley and Carteret, Lease to, from the Duke of York, for New Jersey,
i, 8; Release to the same, for the same, 10; Commission of Philip
Carteret, as Governor of New Jersey, 20; Instructions to Governor
Carteret, 21 ; Commission to Robert Vauquillin as Surveyor-General,
26; Seal of, 27; Concessions and agreements to and with all who
shall settle and plant in New Jersey, 28; Address to, from the New
Jersey Council, 94; Declaration from, of the true intent and meaning
of their concessions, 99, 101; Letter from, to the Governor and Coun
cil of New Jersey, relative to the injuries done by William Meaker to
William Pardon, 104; Grant from, to the Officers and Freeholders of
Woodbridge, and to Samuel Moore, 104; Directions from, to the Gov
ernor and Council of New Jersey, and agreement to build a prison
and send over guns, ammunition, etc., 105; Letterfrom, to Deputy-
Governor Berry, relative to the disturbances in the Province, 108;
Letter from, to the pretended representatives of Elizabethtown, New
ark and New Piscataway, 109.
Berkeley, Lord, ii, 126, 388, 421.
Berkeley, Maurice, i, 25.
Berkeley, Sir John, Notice of, i, 25.
Berkstead, Joshua, i, 414.
Bernard, Francis, Approved of as Governor of New Jersey, ix, 21; Notice
of, 21; Commission of, 23; Instructions to, 40, 77; Gives to the
Lords of Trade an account of his arrival in his Government, 116-
Visits different parts of his Government, and informs the Lords of
Trade respecting the invasions of the Indians, 120; Gives an account
of the death of Chief- Justice Ainsley, 124; Message of, to the Mini-
sink Indians, 125; Prorogues the Assembly, and reports vacancies in
the Council, 126; Receives message from the Assembly, 129; Obser
vations of, respecting bills of credit, and the necessity of special in
structions empowering him to pass acts of Assembly relative thereto
131 ; Represents to the Lords of Trade the necessity of raising money
to continue the war, 137; Gives an account of the conferences held

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 23
with the Indians at Easton, 139; Answer to several of his communi
cations, from the Lords of Trade, 152; Instructions to, relative to
bills of credit, 156; Speech of, to the Legislature, 159; Answer to the
same, 162; Address of, to the Legislature, March 15th, 1759, 103;
Commends to Secretary Pitt, the unanimity and dispatch of the As
sembly, 160; Informs the Lords of Trade that the Assembly had
passed a bill for raising 1,000 men, and a bill for their support, 16S;
Observations of, upon the money bills, 170; Informs the Loids of
Trade that the New Jersey regiment had arrived in Albany, aud that
he had laid out a town for the Indians in Burlington County, 174;
Informs the Lords of Trade, concerning the pretensions of Robert
Hunter Morris to the office of Chief -Justice of New Jersey, 176; Is
appointed Governor of Massachusetts, 188; Thanks the Lords of
Trade for this appointment, and sends to them Mr. Morris's patent,
209; Gives an account to the Lords of Trade, of the proceedings of
the Supreme Court in relation to the claims of Mr. Morris, 212;
Speech of, to the Assembly, 219; Reply to the same, 22.2; Comments
of, on the bill for raising troops in the Province, 224; Referred to,
232, 233, 236, 239, 248, 270, 343; List of papers from, relating to the
Stamp Act, 527-530; Vice-Admiral, 622,— Referred to, x, 114.
Bernard, Fran., Captain, ix, 186.
Berrien, John, ix, 463; Writes to Governor Franklin, relative to Captain
Kennedy's complaint, 470.— Referred to, x, 357.
Berry, Henry, x, 718.
Berry, John, i, 66, 76 ; President of the Special Court held at Elizabeth-
town, February, 1672, 81; Member of Council, 89; Letter to, as
Deputy-Governor, from Charles IL relative to the authority of the
Lords Proprietors,' 107; Letter to, from the Lords Proprietors, rela
tive to the turbulent spirits iri the Province, 108; Grant from, as
Deputy-Governor, to James Bollen, 110; Note on, 110; Orders from,
to the inhabitants of several towns to take out their warrants, 119;
Note on, 122; Affairs with the Council of New Netherlands, 125, 131,
145, 149, 150; To swear in officers, 177; Commissioned by Governor
Carteret to be his successor, 295; Referred to, 301, 303, 499— ii, 327,
486, 502.
Besborough, Lord, ix, 249.
Beswick, Francis, i, 270.
Betten, Daniel, iv, 188.
Betts, Richard, i, 150.
Beulah, Ship, x, 562-569.
Beune, Aty, ii, 396.
Beversham, William, i, 183.
Beys, Henricus, iv, 174.
Biard, John, x, 717.
Bibby, Richard, ii, 461.
Bickley, Abraham, Proposed for the Council, iii, 51.

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Bickley, May, iii, 354.— Indicted, iv, 88; Attorney, 92, 97, 103.
Bickly, Mrs., Contributes to the supposed Combury Fund, iii, 213.
Biddle, E., x, 529.
Biddle, William, i, 26S— ii, 148, 380.— An agent of the West Jersey Pro
prietors, iii, 221.— Referred to, ix, 4.
Biddies or Peusbury Island, v, 42, 44.
Biglow, Aaron, x, 718.
Biglow, Daniel, x, 718.
Biglow, Jabez, x, 718.
Bigelow, Jon, x, 717.
Biglow, Josiah, x, 718.
Biles, Benjamin, vii, 606— viii, Part II, 234.
Biles, William, iii, 165.
Billing, Edward, i, 158-iv, 127.
Billop, Christopher, i, 195, 196, 197, 201, 202, 203; Letter to, from Gov
ernor Andros, 270; Referred to, 281, 476, 485— ii, 417— iv, 344, 345.
Billop, Joseph, Escheator-General, iv, 129, 132.
Bills of Credit, Acts relating to, v, 3, 84, 94; Scheme for issuing and
sinking £40,000 of, 98; Opinion of the Lords of Trade respecting,
120; Interest on canvassed by Governor Burnet, 129, 163, 165; Gov
ernor Montgoraerie's views respecting the payment of interest money
for incidental expenses, 249-260; Answer to the same, from. the Lords
of Trade, 266; Reference to, 305, 365; Reasons of John Sharpe,
Solicitor, for the non-approval of an act of the New Jersey Assembly
for making £40,000 in bills of credit, 410; Reply of Richard Part
ridge, to the reasons of John Sharpe, 416— Assent of Governor Mor-
- ris to, how given, vi, 22; Scheme of Captain John Thomlinson, relat
ing to, 111-116; Report of the Lords of Trade, relative to, 122; Let
ter from Governor Morris, relative to, 131-187; Observations upon,
in the Governor's message, 259-263; Order in Council, relative to the
emission of £40,000 in bills of credit, 361; Representation of the
'""'Lords of Trade respecting, 433. See also Paper Money.
Bingley, William, i, 530— ii, 187-193, 198; Disbursements by, on account
of East Jersey, 204; Signs name, 213, 257 — Grand Juror, iii, 486, 487.
Bird, John, vii, 182.
Bird, William, vii, 377.
Bishop, John, Sr., i, 66, 67; Juror, 82; Member of Council, 89, 91, 93,
97, 110, 134— ii, 226, 255, 270, 315-317, 373, 386, 4S8, 541— iii, 454,
479, 482, 484, 4S5— iv, 10, 190.
Bishop, John, Jr., i, 50, 307.
Bishop, Noah, iv, 188.
Bishop of London, Desires that marriage licenses may be directed only to
a Protestant minister of the Gospel, ix, 504, 520.
Bispham, Joshua, vii, 99 — viii, Part I, 73. — Inspector of the press, viii,
Part II, 70, 234.
Black, William, i, 209, 288.

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Blackall, John, ii, 461.
Blackamore, Mr., iv, 225.
Blackfields, Peter, iii, 838— iv, 42, 45.
Blackwood, Robert, i, 529. — Disbursements by, on account of East Jer
sey, ii, 204.
Blackwood, Samuel, x, 351.
Blair, Samuel, x, 717.
Blakeney, Colonel, vi, 103.
Blakiston, N., On the irregularities in the Province of New Jersey, ii, 462.
Blanchard, John, x, 58S.
Bland, Richard, x, 530.
Blane, William, Affidavit of, against Lewis M. Ashfield, vii, 621.
Bloemmaert, Samuel, Patent to, for the east side of Delaware river, now
Cape May County, i, 1.
Blond, Gabriel, Surrogate, ix, 359.
Bloomfield (Blumfield), John, i, 82, 177.- — Petitions the Assembly in rela
tion to the East Jersey records, iii, 220; Grand Juror on Woodbridge
riot, 486, 487.
Bloomfield, Moses, x, 345.
Blumfield, Thomas, i, 50— iii, 446.
Board of Trade. See Lords of Trade.
Boddington, James, ii, 42-61, 65-73, 76, 79, 95, 99, 276, 802, 470.
Bodine, Jacob, Indicted, vi, 456, 465— vii, 45S.
Boelen, Abram, v, 153.
Boerum, S., x, 530.
Boes, Captain Nicolaes, i, 122.
Bogert, Jan., ii, 326.
Boinell (Bonnell), Isaac, ii, 129, 334.
Boinel (Bonnell, Bunnell), Nathaniel, ii, 129, 334.
Bollen, James, i, 108; Giant of land to, 110; Ordered to give up to the
Dutch authorities records and papers belonging to the late Province
of New Jersey, 131; Appointed to swear in officers, 177; Letter to,
from Governor Carteret, 316; Referred to, 350; Secretary to the
Council, 355 to 365— ii, 363, 364, 397— iii, 485.
Bomgat, Roeloff, ii, 326.
Bond, Benjamin, ii, 396.
Bond, Captain, iv, 89.
Bond, Elijah, vii, 544.
Bond, Joseph, i, 50.
Bond, Robert, i, 50, 81, 82, 128— vii, 425.
Bondet, Daniel, iv, 174.
Bonham, Jeremiah, x, 667.
Bonnel, Abraham, Lieutenant, ix, 185.
Bonnell, Isaac, ii, 327.
Bonnel, Jacob, Ensign, ix, 187.
Bonnell, Joseph, iv, 253— v, 142, 144, 147, 149, 150.— Speaker of the

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House of Assembly, vi, 59; Vote on the Militia Act, 202, 203; Affi
davits before, 427-432.— Dead, vii, 253, 259.
Bonnet, Joseph, v, 155.
Bonney, Joseph, viii, Part I, 104.
Booker, John, Signs surrender of the Government, ii, 456-460; Recom
mends Andrew Hamilton for Governor, 470.
Bools, Thomas, ii, 113.
Boone, Charles, Asks permission of the Lords for his brother, Governor
Boone, to visit England, ix, 263.
Boone, Thomas, Appointed Governor of New Jersey, ix, 18S, 189; Com
mission for, 190; Instructions to, 193, 194; Commission to, as Vice-
Admiral, 195; Acknowledges his appointment. 205; Referred to,
211; Sets out for his Government in New Jersey, 218; Arrival of,
234; Notice of, 234; Informed by Mr. Morris, of the dispute between
him and Mr. Jones for the office of Chief- Justice, 235; Transmits
Mr. Morris's letter to the Lords of Trade, 238; Writes to Secretary
Pitt, in regard to the imputed illegal trade in New Jersey, 240; In
forms the Lords of Trade of the amicable proceedings of the Assem
bly, 248; Writes, relative to the defective Post arrangements in the
Province, 249; Letter to, from President Colden, relative to the
northern boundary dispute, 253 ; Informs the Lords of Trade as to
what had been done in raising additional troops, 260; Informs Secre
tary Pitt as to the same, 261 ; Desires to visit England, 263; Refeired
to, 265 ; Transmits to the Lords of Trade acts of the Assembly, 270 ;
Address of the Assembly to, 287; Answer of, to the same, 288; In
forms the Lords of Trade of the passage of an act for continuing a
part of the New Jersey regiments, and of the suspension of Mr. An
till from the Council, 299 ; Gives an account to the same of the seizure
of a vessel engaged in illicit trade, 300; Congratulations from, on the
intended marriage of the King, 304; To the Lords of Trade, relative
to his leave of absence, 305 ; Referred to, 307, 335.
Borden, Benjamin, ii, 363, 396.
Borden, James, ii, 396 — vii, 542.
Borden, Jean, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 214;
Moneys paid by, to the Receiver-General, 351, 352.
Borden, Joseph, x, 427.
Borden, Richard, ii, 363 — vii, 542, 543; Affidavit of, against John Coxe,
547,
Bore, Joshua, i, 288.
Borten, John, i, 270.
Boscawen, Admiral, viii, Part II, 123, 135, 163, 254.
Boston Port Act, x, 457, 460, 532.
Bostwick, Rev. David, Informs Rev. Joseph Bellamy of the death of Rev.
Samuel Davies, fourth President of the College of New Jersey, ix, 258.
Boud, Adlord, iii, 223.
Boude, Grimston, Affidavit of, against Lewis Morris and George Wil-
locks, iii, 477.

NEW JEKSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 27
Boudinot, Elias, x, 845, 430, 467. 575.
Boundary Line between East and West Jersey — Instructions to Governor
Lawrie, relative to, i, 42S; Minutes of New York Council, relative to,
317; Agreement between the Governors to submit it to arbitration,
519; Obligation of the authorities of West Jersey to abide by rue de
termination of the arbitrators, 522; Award of John Reid and William
Emley, respecting it, 523. — Commissioners appointed by the East
Jersey Proprietors to confer with, the Governor of West Jersey, rela
tive thereto, il. 1: Narrative of Governor Coxe, relative thereto, 10;
Letter without signature, to the Proprietors in England, relative to,
18; Minutes of the West Jersey Proprietors, relative to running it in
accordance with the award of Reid and Eruk-y, 24: Agreement be
tween the Governors In regard to, Si. — Letters from James Logan,
relative to, iv, 377, 38S; Instructions to John Harrison, from the
Commissioners on, §91; Caveat- of Daniel Coxe, relating thereto,
444; Proceedings of the Council of the West Jersey Proprietors, re
lating thereto, 4-53. — Representations from the Lords of Trade to the
King, relative to, v, 313: Order in Council aproving the act respect
ing. 243. — Instructions from John Hamilton and Andrew Johnston,
to John Lawrence, relative to, vi, 154; Commissioners appointed to
run, 353.
Boundary Line between New York and New Jersey — Agreement relative
to the powers of the surveyors of the lines of the three Governments,
i, 517: Instructions from the Council, at New York, to their surveyor,
relative thereto, 51S; Position of the 41st degree of north latitude on
Hudsons river. 520; Certificate of Governor Morris, relative thereto,
521. — Letter from Governor Hamilton, to Governor Fletcher, respect
ing, ii, 105: Letter from the Lords of Trade concerning, 367. — Mem
orial from Peter Faueonnier, teeonunending the adjustment of, iii,
3SS. — Proper persons to be empowered to run it, iv, 365; Appoint
ment of Commissioners, 333: Tripartite indenture, 394; Petition of
Allane Jarratt, respecting, 403; Report of New York Council on his
petition, 4045; Memorial of the Proprietors of New Jersey, relative to,
408; Petition of the inhabitants of New York, relating thereto, 433;
Letter from Lewis Morris, to the Lords of Trade, relating thereto,
438; Letter from the same, to Peter Schuyler, relating thereto, 446;
Proceedings of the Council of West Jersey Proprietors, relating
thereto, 453. — Memorial of the Proprietors, relative to, vi, 138; Ad
dress to Governor Morris, relative to, 144; Affidavit of James Alex
ander, relative to, 145; Letter from Governor Morris, relative to,
162; Report of Robert Hunter Morris, concerning, 16S; Memorial of
the East Jersey Proprietors, respecting, 216. — Letters relative to,
from James Alexander, vii, 119, 125, 152: Address relative to, 142;
Letter from F. J. Paris, relative to. 156; Letter from Governor
Clinton, relative to, 159: Speech of Colonel Lewis Morris, m the
JJewYork Assembly, relative to, 163; Letters from, F. J. Paris,

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relative to, 167, 176; Petition of F. J. Paris to the Lords of Trade,
relative to, 220; Letter from J. Alexander and R. F. Morris, relative
to, 262; From F. J. Paris, relative to, 297.— Opinion on, by the Lords
of Trade, viii. Parti, 128; Letter from Robert Charles, relating to,
135; Argument that the forks of Delaware are the trae limits of New
Jersey on the North, 139; Question referring to, answered, 141;
Representation of the Lords of Trade, relative to the repeal of the
act of 1747, concerning, 144; Letter from Ferdinand J. Paris, rela
tive to, 153; Reply to the same, 157; Petition of the Proprietors of
East Jersey, relative to the Boundary Act of 1747, 160; Disputes
concerning, 190, 192; Memorial of Proprietors of East Jersey, con
cerning, 202, 232; Documents relating to, 233-286; Letters from
Governor DeLancey, to the Lords of Trade, relative to, 288, 297.
— Disturbances arising from the non-adjustment of, viii, Part II, 13,
20, 27, 23; Papers relative to, transmitted to the Lords of Trade, 30-
35, 72; Letter from Lieutenant-Governor DeLancey, referring to,
74; The action of the Council of New York, in respect to, 89; Com
munication from the Lords of Trade, relative to, 108; Proceedings of
the Privy Council, relative to, 114; A commission to arrange, recom
mended by the Lords of Trade, 129; Governor Belcher, in relation
to, 183, 187; Governor Hardy, in relation to, 207; Commission for
settling, 212; Petition of the Proprietors of East Jersey, relative to,
224-228; Memorandum, relative to the Commissioner for, 242; Wil
liam Alexander, in relation to, 248 ; Governor Belcher, in relation to,
256. — Arrests of trespassers in Sussex County, New Jersey, by order
of the New York Council, ix. 178; Petition of Philip Swart wout, rel
ative to, 250; Letter from President Colden, relative to, 253; Act of
the Assembly, relative to, 889; Commissioners to settle, 390, 447,
581, 588, 622, 623, 630.— Statement of the claims of New York, x,
119; Surveyor of, appointed by Governor Colden of New York, 194;
Observations of Governor Franklin upon, 386, 407; Letter from
^ Governor Tryon, relative to, 393; Approved by the King, 410; Re
port of the surveyors of, 501 .
Boundary Line between New York and Massachusetts Bay, x, 660.
Bonne, James, ii, 396.
Boune, William, ii. 832.
Bourden, Ben, i, 413.
Bout-town, Lands at, sold by John Fenwick, i, 413.
Bouts, Richard, ii, 460.
Bowde (Boud), Adlord, ii, 50.
Bowen, David, x, 531.
Bowers, Captain, i, 300.
Bowler, Garrat, ii, 363, 397.
Bowman, George, Indicted, vii, 458.
Bowman, Thomas, Indicted, vii, 458.
Bo=vne (Brown), Andrew, ii, 270; Letter from, relating to the disorders

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 29
in New Jersey, 337; Note on, 329; Objected to, as Governor of East
Jersey, 385; Signs petition, 369; Referred to, 401, 416,423; Rec
ommended for Council, 429, 486, 487; Referred to, 489, 445, 446;
Appointed member of the Council, 507. — Referred to, iii, 1; Com
missioner of New Jersey, 64; Referred to, 75, 7G, 155, 156; Contrib
utes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, 212: Appointed a member of
the Council, 317; Death of, mentioned, 340, 3-11 ; Referred to, 463,
479, 483. — Member of Governor Hunter's Council, iv, 2; Referred
to, 70.
Bowne, James, ii, 327.
Bowne (Bound, Bown, Boun), John, i, 44, 51, 88, 143, 305, 307, 309, 333,
855, 364 — ii, 486.— Collecting money supposed to be for Lord Com
bury, iii, 199-219; Expelled from the Assembly, 227, 277; Proposed
as a member of the Council by Governor Cornbury, 841.
Bown, John, Removed from the -Judgeship iu Monmouth County, iv, 129;
Recommended for Council, 133; Signed, 810.
Bowne, Obadiah, ii, 803, 397. — Contributes to the supposed Cornbury
Fund, iii, 212, 214— iv, 111.
Bowne, William, ii, 397.
Bowyer, i, 414.
Boyle, Solomon, Affidavit of relation to the riots, vii, 419, 426.
Boyse, John, ii, 396.
Brackett, John, S'enr., i, 50.
Bradbury, Rev. Mr., Letter to, from Governor Belcher, vii, 54.
Braddock, General, Edward, viii, Part II, 104, 111, 113, 116; Letter to,
from Governor Belcher, 117; Reported defeat of, 117, 118, 119;
Referred to, 148, 183, 209, 221.
Bradford, William, Clerk of the Assembly, iv, 74, 80, 81, 123; Salary,
185, 363; Signs as Clerk, 251; Payments for printing, 369, 371.—
Referred to, v, 34, 139, 141— viii, Part I, 106; Part II, 232.
Bradish, Hannah, x, 614.
Bradley, Attorney-General, Letter to Captain Roddam, relative to the
killing of Elizabeth Stebbins, vii, 584.
Bradstreet, Captain John, Letter from, to Governor Belcher, viii, Part
II, 113.
Bradstreet, Colonel, ix, 365.
Bradway (Broadway), Edward, i, 118, 26S, 283, 284, 292, 414.'
Brae, Judge, x, 272.
Craedy, Hydrek, Clark, i, 320.
Brahiri, Dee, See De Brahm.
Braim, Benjamin, iii, 814.
Brainard, Rev. David, vi, 406, 407— vii, 598— ix, 355.
Brainard, John, vii, 598— viii, Part I, 140— ix, 175, 355 — x, 845.
Brainerd, Jr., Hezekiah, ix, 355.
Braine, James, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 384, 424, 433, 434, 437, 442,
474, 482, 483, 490, 504, 530— ii, 26, 204— iii, 314.

30 GENERAL INDEX
Bramen, John, ii, 48.
Bramma, Benjamin, ii, 146.
Brandreth, Timothy, ii, 146.
Bransart, Thomas, iv, 310.
Brattle, Col., viii, Part I, 9.
Bray, John, ii, 327, 328; Presented by Monmouth Grand Jury. 332. 363;
Fined for contempt of Court, 368; Signed petition, 396— Contributes
to Cornbury Fund, iii, 212.
Brearley, David, x, 512.
Breasted, William, vii, 421.
Breese, Samuel, x, 600.
Breum, Joseph, ii, 339.
Brian, Thomas, iii, 164.
Brick, John, vii, 99 — viii, Part I, 73.
Brick, Joshua, x, 581.
Bridge, Chris, iv, 174.
Bridger, John, Snrveyor-General of his Majesty's Woods, iii, 122.
Bridges. John, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 76, 79, 83, 180-194, 199, 258, 276, 300, 302,
376, 408,411; Signs surrender of the government, 456-460; Recom
mends Andrew Hamilton for Governor, 470. — A Proprietor, iii, 38,
5L, 82, 95, 302, 314, 498— iv, 141.
Bridges, Dr., iii, 209, 216, 217, 277.
Bridges, Rev. Thomas, Letter to, from the West Jersey Society, ii, 94;
Letter to, from Daniel Coxe, 96.
Bridgewater, Earl of, One of the Lords of Trade, ii, 132, 136, 185, 201,
268.
Brierley (Brearly), David, Congratulates Governor Belcher on his arrival,
¦vii, 64; Rescued from prison, 86; Referred to, 206, 219; Indicted,
458; Referred to, 483, 628.
Brierly, John, vii, 628.
Brightwen, William, i, 283.
Brindly, Luke, i, 28S.
Brinley, William, vii, 257.
Brinson, Daniel, i, 289.
Bristcd (Brested), William, vi, 429, 430-432.
Broad well, Josiah, viii, Part II, 165.
Brockholes, Capt. Anthony, i, 180, 190, 349; Letter from, to Governor
Carteret, 350; Note on, 352; Referred to, 353, 458.
Bromfield, Thomas, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79, 470— iii, 498.
Bromhall, Richard, ii, 42-46, 65-74, 79.
Brookes, Timothy, ii, 3S4.
Brookes, William, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79.
Brooksbank, Joseph, ii, 42-46, 65-73, 78, 276, 302, 376, 408, 411, 470— iii,
38, S2, 95, 302, 314.
Brooksbank, Stamp, vii, 326.
Brotherton, A town laid our for the Indians, ix, 175; Referred to, 357.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 31
Brown, Abraham, i, 51 — iii, 485 — iv, 309.
Browne, Daniel, ii, 339,
Brown, George, iii, 486— iv, 9 — x, 352.
Brown, Isaac, ix, 640.
Browne, John, ii, 46, 327— iii, 376, 393, 394, 401, 422-428, 447, 452. 453—
iv, 9, 93, 99, 371— vii, 32— x, 303,717.
Brown, Jr., John, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Browne, Joseph, ii, 148.
Brown, Morris, vi. 351.
Brown, Moses, vii, 457.
Brown, Philip, ix. 5.
Brown, Preserve, v, 187.
Brown, Thomas, x, 531.
Brown, William, ii, 129, 325. 334, 396.
Browne, Andrew, ii, 326.
Browne, Nicholas, i, 51, 134 — iii, 485 — iv, 310.
Browe, Zebedee, vi, 351— vii, 457.
Bruen, Obadiah, vii, 32.
Brumson, Barefoot, iv, 89.
Bryant, Anthony, i, 111.
Bryant, Captain William, viii, Part I, 116.
Buck, John, x, 531.
Buckhalson, Francis, ii. 396.
Buckley, Richard, ix, 591.
Budd, James, ii, 50.
Budl, -John, Petition of, with others, for grants of land, i, 289 — x, 367.
Budd (Budde), Thomas, i, 268, 411, 419— ii, 18, 19, 65, 99— iii, 153— v,
211.
Budd, Justice. Letter to, from Governor Belcher, vii, 67.
Budden. Captain, ix, 524.
Bude, William, ii, 384.
Buffi ngton, Richard, i, 269.
Bulark, John, iv, 310.
Bule, Mr., iv, 159.
Bulkley, Charles, ix, 590, 594.
Bull, or Boel,  , x, 664.
Bunel, Hommuel, ii, 396.
Bunell, John, ii, 336.
Bunn, Matthew, i, 66.
Bunh, Miles, iv, 1S9.
Bunnell, Isaac, Grand Juror for Essex County, iii, 496.
Bunnell (Bouell), Nathaniel, i, 50, 65.
Bunting, William, iv, 3;i.
Burchan, Robert, i, 1 '6.
Bts'ifiBld, Mr, S.u-v3yor-&3ieral of Customs, iv, 49, 78, 124, 139.
Burden, Benjamin, iii, 483, 484.

•32 GENERAL INDEX
Burdon's Island, v, 42, 44.
Burgess, Captain, ii, 201, 293.
Burges, Isaac, i, 413.
Burke, Francis, x, 711.
Burkhurst, Admiral, i, 152.
Burkmaster, Edward, ii, 290.
Burlington (Bridlington), Road between Perth Amboy and, i, 428. — In
structions relative to the port of, ii, 178; Riots at, 379, 402; Propri-
tors wish it recognized as a port, 405; Markets at, 406. — Transporta
tion between and Perth Amboy, iii, 177, 186, 250; Referred to, 11,
16, 07, 167, 1S4, 221, 227, 239, 264, 274, 279— iv, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22,
57, 07, 73, 74, 76, 88, 95, 97, 12S, 129, 142, 157, 1G7, 172, 184, 221,
224, 225, 227, 239, 240, 261, 264, 273, 274, 276, 277; Small-pox at,
261; Surveyor-General's office, 289.— Referred to, v, 11, 12, 40, 45,
58. 59, 73, 77, 83, 133.— Described, vi, 108.— Governor Belcher's
opinion of, vii, 65, 92. — Removal of the seat of government from, to
Perth Amboy, x, 457, 468.
Burlington County, Population of in 1699, ii, 305. — Taxes of, iv, 368,
869, 870. — Money received from Collector of, v, 13.2 — viii, Part I,
66, 67, 68, 73, 74.— Instructions to the Assemblymen of, in regard to
the liabilities of the Eastern Treasurer, x, 417.
Burlington Island, Description of, v, 88, 42, 44. — Caveat, relative to, x,
515.
Burnet, John, ii, 187-193, 198, 213, 257, 263— vi, 416— viii, Part I, 200;
Part II, 228.
Burnett, Obadiah, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79. 194, 199, 300, 802; Signs the Sur
render of the government, 456-460; Recommends Andrew Hamilton
for Governor, 470. — Proprietor, iii, 88; Sonmans' Commission, 314.
Burnet. Robert, An East New Jersey Proprietor, i, 425, 433, 434, 437,
¦ 442, 443, 44S, 451, 454, 457, 402; Interested in goods shipped to East
_ Jersey, 467; Signs as Proprietor, 474, 4S2, 483, 518; Referred to,
529, 530. — Named as a Proprietor, ii, 26, 82, 187-193; Disbursements
by, on account of East Jersey, 203 ; Name to instructions to Gov
ernor Basse, 213; As Proprietor, 257, 263; Surrenders the govern-1
ment of East Jersey, 387; Signs the surrender of the government,
456-160.
Burnet, William, iv, 12; Commission of, as Governor of New York and
New Jersey, transmitted by the Lords of Trade. 447. — Instruc
tions to, as Governor of New Jersey, v, 1 ; Notice of, 1 ; Addi
tional instruction to, 3; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, rela
tive to Secretary Smith's fees, 4; Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, relative to the New Jersey Assembly, 8; Instruction to,
relative to the clergy of the Church of England, 23; Letter from,
to the Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey affairs, 82; Re
ferred to, 40; Instruction to, relative to the acts regulating trade
and navigation, 46; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 33
¦ vacancies in the New Jersey Council, 51 ; Transmit? to the Lords of
Trade, sundry acts of the New Jersey Assembly, 53; Letter from,
to Lord Carteret, relative to gold and silver mines in New Jersey, 04;
Notice of, 70; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, 70; Instructions
to, relative to private acts. 71; Referred to, 73, 73; Letter from, to
the Lords of Trade, relative to paper money. 75; Instruction to,
relative to the election of Representatives to the Assembly, 84:
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to certain acts passed
by the Assembly of New Jersey, 36; Announces the death of Chief
Justice Trent, 97; Referred to. 101; Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, relative to New Jersey Affairs, 104: To the same, relative to
certain returns to be made, 117; Letter to. from the Lords of Trade,
relative to gold and silver mines in New Jersey, 120; Instructions to,
relative to the suspension of sentences. 123; Proclamation of, against
any authority by Peter Sonmans, as Receiver of Quit Rents, 124;
Letters from, to the Duke of Newcastle, 129, 130 : Letter from, to the
Lords of Trade, 131; Letter to, from the L(>rds of Trade, relative to
Paper Money of New Jersey, 156; Instruction to. relative to appeals,
157; Instructions to, relative to vice and immorality, 159; Letter
from, to Secretary Popple, 163; Letterfrom, to the Lords of Trade,
relative to the application of interest money, 165; Referred to, 179;
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, transmitting documents, 181:
Referred to, 199, 200, 207; Letter to, from James Alexander,
respecting the relative authority of the Plantation Assemblage, ;80;
Death of, 201; Referred to, 287, 344, 300, 374, 484— vi, 71— viii.
Part I, 208.
Burr, Rev. Aaron, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the new
College, vii, 115, 618; Referred to, 119.— President of the new Col
lege, viii, Part I, 9, 11, 85 : Letter to, on his marriage, from Gover
nor Belcher. 89; Letter to, from the same, relative to the College,
Part II, 166— x, 240.
Burr, Henry, iii, 164.
Burr, John, v. 211; Letter from, to James Alexander, 212.
Burrow, John, A West Jersey Proprietor, iii, 95.
Bur well, Samuel, ii, 333, 334.
Bttrwell (Burrell), Theophilus, vi, 351, 455, 465. 467— vii, 403-405, 433:
Examination of, relative to Essex County riots, 434; Referred to,
437, 441, 444; Indicted. 458; Referred to, 511, 513.
Burwell, Zachary, Jr., ii, 387.
Bushroods, Thomas, i, 223.
Bussott, John, i, 128.
Bustall (Bustill), Samuel, iv, 261; Letterfrom, against Governor Hunter,
262; Referred to, 267; Signs, 344— v, 187, 277, 279, C81, 282.
Butcher, John, i, £69.
Butterworth. Moses, ii. £62, 371.
Byerly, Thomas, Recommended for the Council, iv, 62, 153, 154; Re-

34 GENERAL INDEX
f erred to, by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 157; Recommended for the
Council. 16), 171, 1S2; Member of Council, 253, 326, 334, 340, 363;
Payments to, 370, 872 —One of Governor Burnet's Council, v, 3, 34;
Place in Council filled, 52, 71.— Referred to, vii, 045.
Byles Island, v, 41, 44.
Byllinge (Billing, Billinge), Edward, i, 158, 185; Quintipartite deed to,
from Sir George Carteret. 205; Instructions from, and others, to their
Commissioners in West Jersey, 219; His interest in the Province
presented to his creditors, 232; Name signed to Concessions, etc., to
settlers in West Jersey, 268; Memoranda as to his claim, 223; Grant
to him and others, from the Duke of York, 3C4: An East Jersey
Proprietor, 384, 442; Letter to, from Charles II, 458; Name signed,
594; Agreement as to the dividing line between East and West Jer
sey, 51); Referred to, 530. — Notice of, ii, 4; Referred to, 6, 8, 10,
12, 13. 14, 16, 23, 41, 46, 49. 62, 64, 65, 66; Disbursements by, on
account, of E.ist Jersey, 202; Referred to, 388, 42.3— iii, 15S, 413—
vii, SCO.
Byllynge, Loveday, ii, 48. c.
Cadwalader, Thomas, vii, 542; Letterfrom, to Governor Belcher, 544.
Cage, Thomas, ii, 401.
Caiger,  , x, 113.
Caldwell, James, x, 345.
Callingor, Henry, ii, 148.
Callwell, Allen, iv, 9.
Camberling, William, x, 273.
Cameron, Ewen, i, 529.
Camp, Joseph vii, 405, 444, 512.
Camp, Nathaniel, vi, 346, 350, 801, 367, 395, 396, 413— vii, 49. 50, 64, 74,
''415.
Camp, Samuel, ii, 336.
Campbel, Archibald, ii, 186-193, 19S, 213.
Campbell, Hume, viii, Part I, 145. 155.
Campbell, John, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 460, 499, 522, 523. — Com
missioned to confer, relative to the boundary line between the Prov
inces, ii, 1 — Desires to report. 24— iv, 9, 142 — ix. 835.
Campbell, Lord Neiil, Governor of East Jersey, i, 509, 522, 529; Appoints
Andrew Hamilton Deputy Governor, 541. — Referred to, ii, 10, 18
19, 27. 32— iii, 115. "
Campbell. Lord William, ix, 621.
Canada, Expedition to, iv, 133— vi, 370, 371— vii, 341, 354, 383— viii. Part
I, 70, 79; Part ii, 18S— ix, iii, 149. 183.
Canaghqueison, Chief of Oneidas, x, 56.
Cand, Joseph, ii, 396.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 35
Candler, John, iv, 215.
Cane, Major, x, 070, 671.
Cannan, Patrick, ii, 332.
Cantwell, Capt. Edmund, Lands sold to, by the Indians, i, 111; Grant
to, from Governor Carteret, 111; Letters to, from Governor Andres,
regarding Indian affairs, 179, 181; Warrent to, to arrest John Fen-
wicke, 18?: Declaration of, in regard to Fonwicke, 193: Estate of
William Tom, 196; High Sheriff, 201; Deposition of, 274.
Cantwell. William, i, 208.
Capo May County, First grant of, i, 1. — Population of in 1699, ii, 305.—
Taxes, iv, 308, 309— v, 133, 133.— Money received from collector cf,
viii, Part I, 60, 67, 68; From Commissions, 71; Interest from, 73,
74— Justices of, x, 207, 213, 215-219, 275-297.
Car, Sir Robert, ix, 2:9.
Cardiff, James, x, 717.
Cardry, John, x, 717.
Carey, John, Answers objections made to his acting as Attorney-General
in the courts of Salem and Cumberland Counties, x, 382; On Com
mittee, 471.
Carkesse, Charles. Letter from, relative to the exportation of copper ore
from New Jersey to Holland, v, 7 — In relation to a glass house,
vi, 9S.
Carle, Jacob, vii, 421.
Carle, Mr ., iv, 207.
Carolina, Illegal trading with, ii, 119.
Carpenter, Samuel, ii, 120.
Carpenters Island, v, 43, 44, 45.
Carr, Captain, i, 74, 76; Letter to, from Governor Lovelace, reproving
him for neglect of duty in regard to the Indian murders at Matini-
conck island, 79.
Csirrington, Jonathan, x. 717.
Carrington, John, ii, 31.
Carrol, John, x, 710.
Carter, Barnabas, ii, 334, 396.
Carter, Nicholas, i, 50, 65, 82, 84.
Carter, Samuel, ii, 129; Proceedings against him for contempt in the Essex
County Court. 313; Signs remonstrance, 327; Proceedings against
him continued, 333, 334, 339; Signs petition, 395. — Grand Juror,
iii, 496.
Carteret, Sir George, Notice of, i, 25; Letterfrom Charles II, concerning
obedience to the government of, 153; Warrant to prepare a patent to,
for East Jersey, 160; Release to, from the Duke ol York, for the
same, 163; Directions and instructions from, to the Governor, Coun
cil and inhabitants of East Jersey, 167; Explanation by, of the con
cessions made by the Lords Proprieters, 173! — Referred to, ii, 14, 231 .

36 GENERAL INDEX
Carteret, Sir George (grandson of the original Proprietor), Release to,
from the Duke of York, for East New Jersey, i, 337.
Carteret, James, i, 72, 75; Declaration and protestation of the Governor
and Council against, 89 ; Letter from the New Jersey Council, to the
Governor, concerning, 91 ; Complaint against, by the Council of New
Jersey, 91; Referred to, 153, 334.
Carteret, Lady Elizabeth, i, 340, 349; Letter to, from Governor Carteret,
353; Lease from, to the first twelve Proprietors of East Jersey, 300 —
ii, 388.
Carteret, Lord, Letter to, from Governor Burnet, relative to gold and
silver mines in New Jersey, v, 64.
Carteret, Philip, Commission of, as Governor of New Jersey, i, 20; In
structions to, from the Lords Proprietors, 21; Letter from, to those
purposing a settlement on the Delaware, 51; Letter from, to the In
dian Sachem, Oraton, relative to the Newark tract, 55; Proclamation
of, calling the first Assembly, 56; Seal of, 60; Warrant of , for re
quiring the surrender of a paper signed by the inhabitants of Middle-
town; against the laws, 61 ; Letter from, to Surveyor- General Vau-
quillan, relative to the Lords Proprietors lands about Woodbridge,
Amboy and Piscataway, 62: Order from, enlarging the authority of
the court at Woodbridge, 62; Letter from, to the people of Wood-
bridge, relative to persons admitted to vote at town meetings, who
had not lands surveyed and patented, 63; Present at a Special Court
at Elizabethtown, 65, 76; Order for a Special Court at Elizabethtown,
81; Confirms certain privileges to Middletown and Shrewsbmy, S8;
Order of, prohibiting the exercise of any authority in Bergen, not
sanctioned by him, 9.2; Grant of land to Edmund Cantwell and
Johannes Dehaes, 111 ; Graat from, to Lucas Pictor to purchase land
from the Indiams, 115; Inventory of his estate ordered by the Dutch
Council, 130; Directions, instructions, etc., to, by Sir George Car-
^teret, 167; Number of his family on his arrival in New Jersey, in
1665, 183; Paying the Indians for the land, 184; Letter to, from
Governor Andros, 292; Proclamation of Governor Andros, against,
293: Letter from, to Governor Andros, in reply to his of March 8th,
234; Commission from, to John Berry, to be his successor. £95; Let
ter from, to Governor Andros, countermanding orders for a General
Assembly. 297; Warrant from Governor Andros to arrest, 302; Ac
count of his trial, 303 ; Letter from, to the Proprietor, narrating the
proceedings of Governor Andros. 314; Letter from, to James Bollen
316; Proclamation from, against the authority of Governor Andros
346; Letter from, to the Governor of New York and his Council, 349-
Letter from, to Captain Anthony Brockholls, 350; Proclamation of
to the inhabitants of Staten Island, 350; Letter to, from Captain
Anthony Brockholls, 851 ; Letter to Lady Elizabeth Carteret, 353.
— Copy of a license to purchase of the Indians, vi, 339. — Referred to
vii, 33— ix, 456.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 37
Cart wither, Caleb, i, 50.
Cartwright, Captain James, i, 121.
Cartwright, Solomon, viii, Part II, 13.
Carty, John, viii, Part II, 280-x, 35S, 450.
Casabon, Jan. Eversen, i, 49.
Caspar, A German, Manufacturer of glass, viii, Part I, 110.
Caswell, Richard, x, 530.
•Catherwood, Mr., viii, Part I, 94, 117, 123, 154, 159.
Census, of New Jersey, in 1726, v, 164; Of the different Colonies, vi, 89;
Of New Jersey, 1737-38, and in 1745, 242-244.
Chadwick, James, Commissioner of Customs, ii, 131.
Cliamberlayne, John, iv, 15S.
Chamberlayne, William, Affidavits of, x, 3, 7.
Chambers, John, i, 510— v, 4.04— ix, 283.
•Chambers, Robert, vii. 426, 427.
Chambers, Mr , viii, Part I, 122, 123.
Champance, Mr., iv, 257.
¦Champion, John, i, 288.
Champion, Matthew, iv, 253, 370— v, 137.
Champneys (Chamneys, Chamnis), Edward, i, 186, 227, 283, 414.
¦Chandler, John, vii, 439; Affidavit of, relative to the riots, 440.
Chandler, Rev. Thomas B., x, 811, 313.
Changerora, Land at, i, 474, 478, 498— ii, 32, 33.
„ Chaplin, John, ii, 8fl6.
Chapman, John, vi, 147 — viii, Part 1, 207^
Charles, An Indian king, iv, 282.
Charles II, Patent to James, Duke of York, for tract of land in New Eng
land, including New Jersey, i, 3; Letter from, to Captain John
Berry, Deputy-Governor, confirming the laws and government estab
lished in New Jersey by the Lords Proprietors, 107; Letter from,
concerning obedience to the Government of Sir George Carteret, 153;
Letter from, to the Governor and Council of East Jersey, 43S; Letter
from, to Edward Byllyngs, 458.
Charles, Robert, Letter from, to Governor Clinton, relative to boundaries
between New York and New Jersey, viii, Part I, 135; Referred to,
• 145— viii, Part II, 244, 245.
¦Charles, Mr., Agent for New York, vii, 121, 168, 299, 300.
Ohase, Samuel, x, 580.
Chaunders, Thomas, i, 414.
•Cheescock's Patent, viii, Part I, 209, 223, 275. '
Cheeseman, Olim, ii, 364.
¦Cheesman, William, vi, 405.
Cheete, George, i, 51.
Chesman, William, Sr., ii, 395.
Chesman, William, ii, 396.
•Chettwood, William, Sheriff of Essex County, vii, 178, 210.

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Chetwood, John, x, 467.
Chew, Samuel, Excommunicated by the Quakers, vi, 173.
Child, John, President of the West Jersey Society, Autograph, vii, 327.
Childe, John, Autcgraph, v, 510.
Choi men delay. Roberl, ix, 2S9.
Christany-Neck, Lands at, sold by John Fenwicke, i, 413.
Chubs, Charles, ii, 390.
Church of England in New York and New Jersey— Representation of, by
Rev. Jacob Henderson, Missionary, iv, 155; Remarks on Mr. Hen
derson's representation of the state of the Church. 161; Letterfrom
the clergy of New York and New Jersey, to Rev. Jacob Henderson,
disapproving of his course toward the Council of New Jersey, 173. —
Instructions to Governor Burnet, relative to the clergy of, v, 23.
Church, Dr. Benjamin, x, 669, 670; Letter from, intercepted and deliv
ered to General Washington, 671, 674.
Churchill, Sir John, 324.
Clackford, Daniel, iv, 10.
Claese, Gerrebrant, ii, 326.
Claes, Jacob, i, £0.
Claesen, Dirck, i, 146.
Clarendon, Lord, Letter from, with enclosure, to the Secretary of State,
relative to the Council of New Jersey, 501 .
Claridge, Samuel, i, 530.
Clark, Abraham, Jr., Clerk of the Assembly, viii. Part II, 72, 94.
Clark. Benjamin, iv, 2£3, 370— v, 139.
Clark, Charles, vii, 606.
Clark, Daniel, vii, 420.
Clark, Elisha. vii, 368, 375, 446.
Clark (Clerke). Ephraim, ii, 129, 315, 326, 339, 396— iii, 496.
Clarke. George, iv, 119; Notice of, 119; Salary, 1£5; Recommended for
¦the Council, 217; Certificate of, 285; Salary, 368. — Announces the
death of Governor Cosby, v, 438; Referred to, 4C2, 511 — vi, 65-68,
73-78, 168— vii, 77, 78, 646— viii, Part I, 210, 266— ix, 288.
Clarke, Herman, i. 270.
Clarke, James, ix, 180, 181— x, 367.
Clarke (Clerk), John, ii, 129, 326, 334; 389, 396— iii, 105.
Clark, Joseph, iii, 485.
Clark, Joshua, ii. 129, 396.
Clarke, Richard, ii, 326, 339, 397— iii, 496.
Clarke, Samuel, ii, 129, 131, 168, 178, 254, 326, 334, 339, 397— iii, 496.
Clarke (Clerk), Thomas, ii, 334, 396— iv, 344, 345— x, 351.
Clark, Walter, i, 44.
Clark, William, i, 289, 394. [
Clarkson, James, iv, 189.
Claten, Jan., ii, 326. ,
Clawson, Aaron, vii, 371^374.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 39
Clawson, Jonathan, x, 588.
Clawson (Clausen), Thomas, vi, 417, 465, 469— vii, 215, 447-451, 458, 478.
Clawson, William, iv, 189.
Claypool, James, i, 416.
Clayton. Asher, Affidavit of, relative to the supposed Cornbury Fund,
iii, 214.
Clayton, David, ii, 396— vii, 620.
Clayton (Cleayton), John, ii, 326, 390— iii, 215.
Clayton, Robert, Commissioner of Customs, ii, 131.
Clayton. William, Sr., i, 2S8.
Clayton (Cleayton), William, vii, 606— viii, Part I, 74.
Clayton (Cleayton), Zebulon, ii, 863— iv, 310.
Cleayton, Arthur, iv, 31C, 313.
Cleft, Samuel, i, 289.
Clements, Jacob, iv, 810.
Clement, Samuel, viii, Part II, 233.
Clergy of the Church of England, In New York and New Jersey desire a
Bishop, x, 309.
Clerk, George, iv, 840.
Clevonger, John, ii, 327.
Clinton, Charles, Surveyor, viii, Part I, 209.
Clinton, George, Governor of New York, Letter to, from Governor Mor
ris, relative to the boundary line, vi, 162; Referred to, 168, 169;
Communication from, to the Council of New Jersey, relative to the
Indians, 369; Letter from, to Colonel Schuyler, of the New Jersey
forces, 441; Referred to, 448; Letterfrom, to the Duke of New Cas
tle, relative to the payment of the troops, 451 — vii, 18; Letter to,
from Governor Belcher, 55; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, rel
ative to the New York and New Jersey division line. l."9; Referred
to, 240, 310, 392; Letters from, to the Duke of Bedford, relative to
the accidental killing of a maid by a shot from the ship Greyhound,
531, 536; To meet the Indian tribes called the Six Nations, 582; Let--
ter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to a proposed conference with
the Indians, 590. — Letters from, to Robert Hunter Morris, viii. Part
I, 92, 116, 120; Taking money for an office, 94; Letter to, from
Robert Charles, relative to the boundary line, 135; Referred to,
191, 213.
Clinton, James, x; 502.
Clowes, William, iv, 309.
Coates, Christopher, Secretary of the Province of New Jersey, ix, 257
—x, 1.
Cochran, Richard, x. 352.
Cock, Lance, i, 1S2, 183.
Cock, Lasse, i, 394.
Cock, Peter, i, 183.
Cocker, Emmanuel, vii, 281.

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Cockerill, Thomas, Letter from, to Secretary Popple, relative to the death
of Lord Lovelace, and the preparations for a Canadian expedition,
iii, 466; Notice of, 467. — Referred to, iv, 46.
Cocks (Cox), Isaac, ii, 42-61, 65-73, 78— iii, 49S.
Codington. Thomas, ii, 4S6.
Coe, Daniel, Ensign, ix, 187.
Cofting, J., ii, 257.
Cohansey, Lands at, sold by John Fenwick, i, 413, 414. — A port, ii, 405.
Coined Money, vi, 53-55; Proclamation of Governor Morris, relating
to, 117.
Coker, Thomas, Commission of, to be Collector of Customs at Perth Am
boy, ii, 130; Referred to, 238.
Colden, Alexander, ix, 340.
Colden, Cadwallader, v, 197, 202; Letter from, relative to a library for
New York and neighboring Colonies, 287 : Notice of, 242. — Letter
to, from James Alexander, relative to the riots, vii, 113; Affidavit
before, 419; Letter from, to Robert Hunter Morris, 552. — Referred
to, ix, 246, 250; Letterfrom, relative to the northern boundary dis
pute, 253; Commissioner for trying pirates, 283; Referred to, 308,
325, 340; In relation to a stamp duty in the Colonies, 500, 511. —
Commissions surveyors of the boundary line, x, 194; Referred to,
535, 571.
Cole, Cornelius, Lx, 180, 181.
Cole, Jacob, i, 51.
Cole, John, ii, 397.
Cole, Jos., ii, 396.
Cole, Samuel, v, 133, 137.
Cole, Mr., ii, 239.
Colier, John, i, 117, 190.
College of New Jersey, Establishment of, under Governor Belcher, vii,
116; Letter from Governor Belcher, relative to, 118; Letter from the
same, relative to a charter for, 124; Little encouragement to build a
house for, 146, 580; Letter from Governor Belcher, relating to, 618.
—Prospects of. viii, Part I, 10, 11, 94, 109; viii, Part II, 166, 197.
Collier, John, ix, 621.
Collings, Francis, One of the Council of the Proprietors, iii, 221.
Collins, Francis, i, 268— v, 135, 141.
Collins, Isaac, x, 358, 730.
Collinsen, Peter, Letter to, from James Alexander, vi, 71; Notice of 71-
Referred to, 77, 78.
Collyer, C, i, 299.
Collyer, Joseph, Signs the surrender of the Government, ii, 456-460; Asks
that Andrew Hamilton be appointed Governor, 470. — Signs as Pro
prietor, iii, 95.
Colnam, Mr., vii, 447.
Coloham, John, ii, 50.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 41
Colonies and Plantations, Order in Privy Council for the improved gov
ernment of, viii, Parti. 23: Instructions to the Governors of, 27,
35; Circular letters to the same, 68, 156; Instructions to Governors
of, relative to appeals in eases of error, 188; Instructions from the
King, relative to the general security of, 194. — A plan for the defence
of, viii, Part II, 1 ; Circular letter to the Governors of, urging enlist
ments in four new regiments, 17; A similar letter, 92; Number of
white inhabitants in, 132; Governors of, informed of the establish
ment of packet boats, 146; Division of a certain appropriation of
Parliament, among, 205; Circular letter to the Governors of, relative
to the Earl of Loudoun, 209; On the state of defence of, 216; Addi
tional instructions to the Governors of, 218; Governors of, urged to
raise more troop*, 241 ; Instructed not to lay any further embargo on
corn or other grain, 248. — Circular letter to, inclosing proclamation
for a general thanksgiving, ix, 183; Proclamation of George III, as
King, sent to. 242; Warrants to, for using the old seals, 248; In
structions to the Governors of, relating to alterations iu the prayers
for the royal family, 244; New seals for, 247; Instructions to the
Receivers-General of, 289-299; Instructions to the Governors of, rel
ative to alterations in the prayers for the royal family, 803, 376; In
structions to the Governors of, relative to interference with the
Indians, and to commissions granted to judges and other officers,
321-330; Circular letter to the Governors of, relative to recruiting
the regular regiments in America, 330; Bill for trial and punishment
of persons guilty of murder within the Admiralty limits of, 352; In
structions to the Governors of, in regard to fees taken in the several
offices of government, 440; Governors of, informed that certain stamp
duties would be charged in the, 448; Disturbances in, on account of
the Stamp Act, 499-503; List of papers relating to the Stamp Act,
from Governors of , 527; Report of the annual expense of, and. the
debts incurred by, as they stood at the end of the late war, 533; Gov
ernors of, notified of a bill before Parliament for the repeal of the
Stamp Act, 549, 550; Persons who have incurred penalties under the
Stamp Act, to be indemnified, 553; Governors of, required to give
an account to the Lords of Trade of the several manufactures carried
on in, 563; Instructions to Governors, relative to correspondence,
566; Circular letter to, relative to Indian affairs, 569; Governors of,
requested to give an exact estimate of annual expenses of their re
spective governments, and mode of imposing quit-rents, and of
granting lands, 573; Seals of, approved, 618; Salaries of Governors,
Judges and other officers in, 619, 620; Establishment of Admiralty
Courts in, 621; Governors of, forbidden to alter the number of the
Assembly, 037.— Circular letter to Governors of, from the Earl of
Hillsborough, x, 10; Warned against the Massachusetts Assembly
circular, 14; Union of, to take steps to assert their constitutional
liberty, advocated by the house of Burgesses, of Virginia, 21 ; Gov-

4% GENERAL TNDEX
ernors of, admonished by the King, for passing acts contrary to an
act of Parliament. 41; Governors of, cautioned relative to letters
received from his Majesty's Secretary, 57; Instructions to the Gov
ernors of, relative to bills for raising money by lottery, 104, 108;
Governors of, informed that the King has no design to tax America
for purpose of revenue, 109; Circular letter to, relative to certain
duties, 191; Order in, restraining the Governors of, from assenting
to laws which make the property of persons who have never rerided
within the Colonies liable to be attached for debts due from such per
sons, 824-329; The appointment of agents of, in England, 380; In
structions to the Governors of, relating to an alteration in the
prayers for the royal family, 331 ; Governors of, authorized as Chan
cellors to issue commissions for the care and custody of idiots and
lunatics, 370 ; Instruction to the Governors of, relative to the grant
of lands, 402; Instructions relative to the naturalization of aliens,
divorces, and titles to lands, 410, 411; Circular letter to the Gov
ernors of, relative to disturbances in, 431; Circular letter to the Gov
ernors of, relative to the arresting and securing arms and ammuni
tion imported from England, 497; Plan of a proposed union between
Great Britain and, 504; The King determines to withstand every
attempt to weaken his authority over, 513; Governors of, directed to
prevent the choice of deputies to the Continental Congrets, 534; Let
ter to the Governor's of, from Earl of Dartmouth, expressing hopes
of a restoration of the public tranquility, 553, and incloses a resolu
tion adopted by Parliament, 555-557.
Colve, Captain Anthony, Member of the Council of New Netherlands, i,
122, 126, 137; Order of, as Governor of New, Netherlands, to elect
two persons of the true Protestant Christian Eeligion to be magi
strates at Shrewsbury, X J., 184; Order to John Ogden relative to
seizing the goods of Governor Carteret, 138 ; Proclamation for a day
of humiliation and thanksgiving, 139; Order of, to John Ogden, rela-
-1 ti veto three pieces of ordnance, 141; Present at Council Meetings,
142, 149.
Commissioners of the Customs, Memorial to, from Edwird Randolph, on
illegal trade in the Proprieties, ii, 116; Letter from, to the Com
missioner of the Treasury, on the Customs in New Jersey, 165;
Letter from, to Mr. Randolph, relative to the establishment of the
Ports of Perth Amboy and Burlington, 178: Customs to be paid in
New York by all vessels trading in Hudson's river, 200; Documents
relative to the Ports of New Jersey, referred to them, 247; Their
report relative to the settlement of a Port at Perth Amboy, 252-
Letter to, from Collector at Perth Amboy, relative to goods seized by
him and rescued, £91. — Report of, on the memorial of John Keble
iii, 329.
Commissioners of Trade, etc. See Lords of Trade.
Commissioners of the Treasury. See Lords of the Treasury.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 43
Committees of Correspondence, x, 458, 468; Letter from that of New
Jersey to Benjamin Franldin, inquiring as to the proceedings of
Parliament, 472; Letter from, that of Boston, to the Committee of
Monmouth County, 498.
Compton, Cornelius, Presented by Monmouth Grand Jury, ii, 332.
Conipton, John, Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, 486, 487.
Comptom, Richard, 397.
Concessions and Agreements of the Lords Proprietors, of East Jersey,
i, 23; Declaration of their true intent, 99, 101, 173; Of West
Jersey, 241.
Concord, Proceedings of the King's troops at, x, 590.
Condit (Condict), John, vi, 294, 316, 346, 350, 361, 367— vii, 64, 74, 435.
Condict, Jotham, vi, 351.
Conduit, Jotham, vii, 457.
Cone, John, x, 718.
Cone, Nathan, x, 718.
Congar, Joseph, x, 717.
Congress of members of the several Houses of Assembly proposed, x,
457, 404.
Connecticut, Report of Solicitor-General Trevor on the Charter, ii, 100;
Hlegal trading in, 122, 361; Commissions for, iii, 64. — Quota of, for
the defense of New York, viii, Part I, 194, 195 — An act for punish
ing inimical persons, x, 686.
Conner, Daniel, Affidavit against Lewis Morris Ashfield, vii, 621 — viii,
Part I, 41.
Conneroson, John, ii, 327.
Constable's cath on taking charge of a Jury, i, 70.
Continental Congress, Members of the several Houses of Assembly pro
posed to meet as, x, 437, 464; Convention to nominate delegates to,
469; Information in regard to the first session of, Philadelphia given
bj Governor Franklin to the Earl of Dartmouth, 473; The King's
anxiety concerning it, 496; Petition of the members of, to the King,
522; Committees formed in accordance with the recommendation,
530, 533 ; Earl of Dartmouth trys to prevent the choice of deputies
to, 534; The same relative to the proceedings of, 535; Committee
appointed by the New Jersey Assembly to attend, and instruct dele
gates to, 546; Resolutions of, in favor of non-exportation, 597;
Appoint a fast-day, 598; Resolutions of, paroling Major Skeene, 649;
War declared by, 652; Governors not to send despatches by his
majesty's ship of war, 656; Three millions of dollars raised by, 670;
Frauce will come to the assistance of, 676 ; Authorizes the freighting
of vessels to foreign ports, to make exchanges of produce for gun
powder and military stores, 684; Articles of Confederation and Per
petual Onion entered into by delegates in, 692, 697 ; Action of
sustained by the inhabitants of Pequanock, in Morris County, 716.
Conttrack, Abraham, ix, 117.

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Conway, Secretary, Writes to Governor Franklin relative to the petition
of owners of islands in the Delaware, ix, 493; Authorizes Governor
Franklin to call out the land and naval forces, 501; Circular letter
from, 549, 550.
Coock, Arthur, i, 508.
Cook, Benjamin, Presented by Monmouth County Grand Jury, ii, 332,
363; Signs petition, 397.
Cook, Francis, vii, 2S2, 374.
Cook, John, iv, 215.
Cook, Michael, vi, 316, 350, 361, 367.
Cook, Rev. Mr., x, 341.
Cook, Samuel, v, 141.
Cook, Stephen. Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 212.
Cook, William, vi, 202, 203 -vii, 99 -viii, Part II, 233.
Cooper, Daniel, Affidavit of, in regard to the riots in New Jersey, vii,
275; Referred to, 420.
Cooper, John, ii, 270, 389 — iv, 142— v, 155.
Cooper, Joseph, ii, 143 -v, 132, 134, 135, 139, 140— vi, 202— vii, 89, 99.
Cooper, Rev. Dr., x, 312, 341.
Cooper, Samuel, vii, 420.
Cooper, Thomas, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 366, 374, 383, 412, 424,
433, 434, 437, 442, 446, 451, 454, 457, 463, 474, 482, 4S3, 490, 530—
ii, 26, 149, 177, 186-193, 198; Disbursements by, on account of East
Jersey, 204: Signs name, 213, 257, 263, 376, 408, 411 ; Signs the
surrender of the Government, 456-460 — Referred to, iii, 313.
Cooper. William, ii, 148.
Copper ore, Exportation of, from New Jersey to Holland, v, 7, 9, 267;
Petition against laying a duty on, 376; Letter from Richard
Partridge relative to export duty on, 406.
Coram, Thomas, Memorial of, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the pro
duction of hemp and iron, iv, 286 — v, 308.
Corbin, Richard, Named as one of the Commissioners for running the
boundaries between New Jersey and New York, ix, 390, 447.
Corden, Benjamin, ii, 397.
Corden, Richard, ii, 396.
Corey, Joseph, Newark rioter, vii, 179.
Corle, Benjamin, viii, Part i, 51.
Cornbury, Lord, ii, 114; Asks for an extension of his authority to appoint
Militia offi 3ers in New Jersey, 411 ; Commissioned to proclaim Queen
Anne in New Jersey, 450; Referred to, 404; Letterfrom, to the Lords
of Trade, relative to his proclaiming the Queen in New Jersey, 482;
Note on, 483; Named as Governor of New Jersey, 486; Commissioned
to be Governor, 439; Referred to, 503; Instructions to, as Governor
of New Jersey, from the Queen, 506; Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, 536; Letter to, from the Queen, relative to the Governor's
salary, 537; Announcement to, of the death of Governor Andrew

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 45
Hamilton, 540; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to the
defence of New York, 541 ; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, 542;
Note on, 543. — Letterfrom, to the Lords of Trade, announcing his
entrance upon the duties of Governor of New Jersey, iii, 1; Speech
of, to the General Assembly of New Jersey, 8; Reply to the same,
11; Letter from, td the Lords of Trade, relative to the business of
the 'Assembly, 12: Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to
New Jersey affairs, 28; Referred to, 52; Letters from, to the Lords
of Trade, 54, 65; Letter to, from Lieutenant-Governor Ingoldsby,
67; Reply to the same, rebuking him, 68; Letter from, to the Lords
of Trade, relative to New Jersey affairs, 68; Petition of the West
Jersey Proprietors, relative to his proceedings, 81; Complaints against
him by the same, to the Lords of Trade, 85; Additional instruction
to, 96; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, 99; Letter from, to the
Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey affairs, 101; Letterfrom, to
Secretary Hedges, relative to the same, 106 ; Complained of to the
Lords of Trade, by Lieutenant-Governor Ingoldsby, 1C9; Letter
from, to Secretary Hedges, on New Jersey affairs, 112; Observations
of the Lords of Trade, on the memorial of the West Jersey Proprie
tors against. 117; Letterfrom, to the Lords of Trade, relative to his
new instructions, etc., 119; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, rela
tive to eomplaiats against him, 124; Answer of William Sloper, agent
of Lord Cornbury, to said complaints, 133; Salary of, 144; Letter
to, from the Lords of Trade, 148; Letterfrom, to the inhabitants of
Bergen, asking for trees to construct stockades, 1-19; Affidavit of
George Ingoldsby, relative to his arbitrary proceedings, 150; Similar
affidavit by John Hamilton, 154; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade,
relative to proceedings in New Jersey, 154 ; Letter from, to the
Council of New Jersey, commanding them to show by what authority
they pretend to be a Council of the Proprietors, 158; Letter from, to
the Lords of Trade, 159 ; Petition to, from the Proprietors and pur
chasers of West Jersey, 164; Speech of, to the Assembly, 165; Addi
tional instructions to, as to the administration of the Government in
case of his death, 169; Petition of the Assembly of New Jersey, to the
Queen, in relation to the difficulties of his Government, 171 : Remon
strance of the Assembly against certain evils to which he was subject
ing the Province, and his reply, 173, 180; Certain question by, an
swered by the West Jersey Proprietors, 220; Letter from, to the
Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey affairs, 224; The answer of
the Assembly to his reply to their remonstrance. 242; Letter from,
to the Lords of Trade, relative to the affairs of New Jersey, 267; Re
ferred to, 274, 282; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, transmitting
an address of the Council, objecting to the proceedings of the Assem
bly, 285; Speech of, to the Assembly, 293; Reply thereto, 295; Re
ferred to, 324, 326, 327, 331; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade,
relative to immigration from New York, into New Jersey, 833; To

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the same, relative to New Jersey affairs, 334; Nominations by, for
the Council of New Jersey, 340; Referred to, 355, 350, 360; De
nounced by the Lieutenant-Governor and Council of New Jersey, to
the Queen, 865; Referred to, 336; Memorial to, from Peter Faucon-
nier, recommending the adjustment of the line between New York
and New Jersey, 383; Referred to, 305, 398, 405, 403, 410, 420, 425,
431, 433, 431. — Representation relative to the administration of, iv,
24, 70; His action in relation to the indictments against Peter Son
mans and others, 97; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to
certain acts of New Jersey Assembly, 199. — Acts of, referred to,
vii, 342.
Cornelinson. Garret, Indicted, vii, 458.
Comelious, Lanse. i, 209.
Cornelise, John, i, 268.
Cornelison, Garret, vi, 456.
Cornelison, Mathews, ii, 327.
Cornellissen. Ider, i, 49.
Cornfield, Ephraim, vi, 351.
Cornwallis, General, ix, 8, 14, 16.
Corsen, Joseph, x, 210.
Cortlandt, i, 310.
Cory, John, ii, 129.
Coryell, George, Lieutenant, ix, 185, 187.
Cosby, William, v, 306; Appointed Governor of New York and New Jersey,
320; Letters from, to the Duke of Newcastle, 320, 322; Notice of,
322; Letter from, relating to the removal of James Alexander from
the Council, 325; Letters from, to the Duke of Newcastle, complain
ing of Lewis Morris, 329, 344; Instruction to, admitting John
Peagrarn to be a member of Council, 347; Comments upon his pro
ceedings by Lewis, Morris, 349 ; The same by James Alexander, 359,
^ 360; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, respecting certain Acts of
the New Jersey Assembly, 834; Reasons of, for removing Lewis
Morris from the Chief Justiceship, 866; Recommends John Schuyler
for the Council, 374; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to
James Alexander and Lewis Morris, 395; Recommends several
changes in the Council, 403; Death of, announced, 485, 438, 440,
447; Referred to, 454, 456, 462, 472, 493— vi, 66, 71, 73-77— vii, 7—
viii, Part I, 76— x, 226.
Cose, Charles, iv, 14.
Cotterall, Elenzer, ii, 326, 864.
Cottnam, Abraham, vii, 618— viii, Part I, 40.
Cotton, Thomas, x, 7.
Coucklin, Ben , i, 50.
Cough. William, x, 717.
Coulter, James, x, 717.
Council of New Jersey, Proclamation relative to Middietown and Shrews-

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 47
buryi. 53; Declaration of, against James Carteret, 89; Letter from,
relative to the same, 91; Commissioned Samuel Moore to represent
them in England, 93; Address of, to the Lords Proprietors, 94; Letter
to, from Charles 11, confirming the authority of Berkely and Carteret,
107; Order requiring the taking out of patents, 119.— Order of, on
complaint of John Barclay, iii, 332; Address of, to the Queen, 364;
Comments of the Assembly on said Address, 308; Address of, to
Lord Lovelace, 872; Proceedings of, on complaints against George
Willock and Lewis Morris, 4S2.— Address of, to Governor Hunter, iv,
17; Dispute among the members of, 61, 118; Changes in, suggested
149; Vacancies in, 237, 363, 374; Fees of, paid, 3-39, 372.— Minutes
of, v, 84, 463.— Address of, to the King, thanking him lor a separate
Governor, vi, 58. — Difference between, and the Assembly, 62-65;
Members of, suspended and discharged, 105. 106; Reasons of, for
rejecting several Acts, 219; Recommendations for, 232; Minutes of,
30?, 37S, 434. 435.— Speech of Governor Belcher to, vii, 19: Answer
to the same, 23; Address of, to Governor Bolcher, relative to the
riots, 81; Proceedings of, relative to the same, 8G, 88; Altercations
between, and the Governor, 93; Recommend sundry offices, 102;
Address of, to the Governor, 110: Conference of. with the Governor,
183; Communication from, to Governor Belcher. 1S5; Address from,
to the King, on the condition of the Province, 189; Address of. to
the Duke of Badford, relative to the action of the Assembly, 191;
Latter from, relative to the riots, etc., 236; Proceedings of, relative
to the arrears due the family of the late Governor Morris, 335;
Carfcifteate of certain members of, relative to Governor Belcher, 455;
Memorial of, relative to the riots, 537; Minutes of, 541; Vacancies
in, 611 —Message to, from Governor Belcher, viii, Part I, 12; Richard
Partridge in relation to the state of, 18; Message to, from Governor
Belcher, 21; Governor Belcher, relative to the proceedings of, 00;
Rebuked by Governor Belcher, 101; Minutes of, 103-107: Memorial
to, from the proprietors of the Eastern and Western divisions, 244. —
Messages to, from Governor Belcher, viii, Part I, 119, 123, 162, 193;
Meeting of, desired by the Governor, 126; Summoned by the Governor,
249; Queries submitted by, to the Attorney General, 264. —Address
of, to Lieutenant-Governor Pownall, ix, 4; Vacancies in, 126, 888;
Minutes of, 539; Congratulate the Governor on the reppal of the
Stamp Act, 583; Fees of the Clerk of, 597. -Minutes of, relative to
chtrges against Sheriff Thomas Kinney, x, 419; Speech of Governor
Franklin to, 538; Reply to the same, 541; Addressed again by the
Governor, 542; Names of the members of, for 1775, 561. See also
New Jeesey.
Oounjil of New York, Minutes, relating to Indian murder at Matiniconk
Island,' i, 72, 78; Relating to John Fenwicks, 186; Letter from, re
lating to the same, 196; Order from, relating to same, 197; Minutes,
relating to John Fenwicke, granting patents in New Jersey, 235;

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Minutes, relating to the settlement of the passengers of the ship
'¦'Kent," 239; Order of, against John Fenwicke, 278; Minutes, in
relation to, 283; Proceedings of, in relation to representatives from
the towns in New Jersey, 296, 319, 322; Minutes of, relative to the
line between East and West Jersey, 517, 518 — ii, 10G; Minutes of, re
lating to Amboy, 237; Latter from three of the members of, relating
to the condition of the Jerseys, 368.— Report, of, on Jamttt's petition
relating to the boundary line, iv, 4'I0; Petition of, relating to the
survey of the line, 433. — Petition of Allan Jarratt, viii, Part I, 283;
Reply thereto, 235; Petition to, from the inhabitants of New York,
233.— Action of, relative to the boundary line, viii, Part XI, 89. — Or
der of, for the arrest of Sussex County men, ix, 17S.
Council, Privy, Order of, respecting quo warrantos against New Jersey
and Delaware, i, 501. — Order of, directing the payment of all duties
to the Governor of New York, by vessels trading in Hudson River,
ii, 200; Order cf, referring to the Lords of Trade a petition from the
Proprietors of East Jersey, 254; Order of, referring the petition of
West Jersey for the appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor,
to the Lords of Trade, 275; Order of, enclosing to the Lords of Trade
the Attorney-General's draft of the surrender of the government of
East and West Jersey, 450; Order of, that the surrender of the gov
ernment aforesaid, be enrolled in the Court of Chancery, 461 ; Order
of referring to the Lords of Trade a petition from Peter Sonmans
and William Dockwra, against Andrew Hamilton, 465; Order of, re
ferring to the same, a petition of the Proprietors that Hamilton be
appointed Governor, 463. — Order of, relative to the petition of Son- '
mans and Dockwra, concerning Staten Island, iii, 61; Oi'der of, re
voking Col, Ingoldesby's commission as Lieutenant-Governor of New
York, aud appointing him one of the Council of New Jersey, 145 ;
Order of restoring Lewis Morris to the Council of New Jersey, 349.—
Order in, relating to the payment of a certain sum of money by
Thomas Gordon, iv, 217; Order of, appointing three New Jersey
Councillors, 33 1 ; Order of, referring to the Lords of Trade a petition
against allowing Quakers to affirm, 341. — Order in, relative to islands
in the Delaware, v, 23 ; Order in, relative to the suspension of sen
tences. 132; Order in, relative to ecclesiastical jurisdictions in the
Plantations, 120; Order of, respecting the division line between East
and West Jersey, 243; Order of, appointing John Peagram a member
of Council, 847; Order of, declaring the reasons for removing Chief-
Justice Morris insufficient, 437; Order of, relative to Richard Part
ridge's petition for a separate Governor for New Jersey, 448.— Order
in, relative to the petition of the inhabitants of Elizabethtown, re
specting their controversies with the Proprietors of East Jersey, vi,
205; Oi'der in, relative to a bill for the emission of £40,000 in bills
of credit, 861; Order in, upon a petition of Jonathan Belcher, rela
tive to salary, 443; Order of, relative to a petition of Jonathan

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 49
Belcher, for permission to be absent from his government for three
months, 419. — Order in, approving of the appointment of Richard-
Salter to be of the Council of New Jersey, vii, 175 ; Petition, relative
to the riots referred to the Lords of Trade by, 241 ; Order of. refer
ring the petition of the Assembly of New Jersey. 461 ; Representation
to, from, the Lords of Trade, on the State of the Province, 466;
Memorial of, relative to the riots, 537; Appoints David Ogden a
member of the Council, 588; Appoints Lewis Ashfield, to a scat
therein, 590.— Order. in, for the improved government of the Colo
nies, viii, Part I, 23; Order in, to His Majesty's Governors, 85:
Order in, relative to the riotous proceedings in New Jersey, 53. —
Order in, relative to rank of officers serving with the Provincial forces
of North America, viii, Part II, 29; Proceedings of, relative to the
boundary dispute between New York and New Jersey, 114.— Order
in, relative to a bill for emitting £60,000 in bills of credit, ix, 11;
Order in, approving the appointment of Francis Bernard as Gov
ernor, 21 ; Order in, approving the appointment of Charles Read and
John Smith as members of the New Jersey Council, 151 ; Order in
approving the appointment of Thomas Boone as Governor of New
Jersey, 189; Order in, continuing Christopher Coates and Joseph
Warrell as Secretary and Attorney-General of New Jersey, 257; Order
in, approving the appointment of Josiah. Hardy as Governor of New
Jersey, 259, 262; Approves the instruction for, 285; Order in, rela
tive to patents for land on the Mohawk River, 308; Order in, relative
to granting lands and Judges' Commissions, 324 ; Order in, approv
ing of Samuel Smith and John Ladd, to be of the Council in New
Jersey, 394; Order in, relative to Commissioner for settling the
boundary line between New York and New Jersey, 568, 6S0; Ap
proves of fourteen seals for the several Colonies of America, 61S. —
Order in, repealing an act relative to supplying the Barracks, and
admonishing the Governors of the Colonies, x, 41 ; Order in, appoint
ing Richard Stockton a member of the New Jersey Council, 59;
Order in, disallowing act for making current £100,000 in bills of
credit, 115, 196; Order in, relative to the grant of lands, 4C2; Rec
ommends salaries more suitable to the civil officers, and the building
of houses for the Governor, 549 ; Order in, for the Lord High Admiral
to proceed to seize all ships taken from the Colony of New Jersey
and other Colonies, 711.
Council of Proprietors of East Jersey. See East Jersey.
Council of Proprietors of West Jersey. See West Jersey.
Counties, Complaints that they are not equally divided, iv, 68 f Taxes of,
368, 369 ; Assessors of neglectful, 400.
Courts of New Jersey, General, convened by the Governor and Council,
i, 176. — Of Admiralty, memorial relating to, ii, 183; Wishes of Pro
prietors respecting, 407; Circular respecting, 539.
Courts, Variety of, iii,' 4; Modifications, 72; Proceedings against Lewis
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50 GENERAL INDEX
Morris in the Court of Common Rights, 479; Against Isaac White
head, 480; Court of General Quarter Sessions for Essex County, 495.—
Complained of, by the General Assembly, iv, 39; Supreme Court
objected to as constituted, 69; Court of Chancery demanded, 70;
Governor authorized to establish courts, 114; Two Judges appointed,
189; Displacements in the Supreme Court by Governor Hunter, 150;
Court of Chancery to be opened by proclamation, 150.; State of, in
New Jersey, 106; Plantation Courts, 349— Instruction to Governors,
relative to appeals in cases of error, viii, Part I, 188; Governor's
power to establish, ix, 2S, 29, 55; Minutes of the Supreme Court on
the claims of Mr. Morris to.the office of Chief Justice, 214-218; Court
of Chancery, 297; Tenure of the Commissions of Judges, 308, 321-
329 ; Act of the Assembly relative to, 331 ; Ordinance for holding the
Supreme Court for the .Province of New Jersey, 434; Instruments
used in, that will bear the highest Stamp duty, 480; Act regulating
the practice of the law, 491 ; Effects of the Stamp Act upon the busi
ness of, 500; Fees of the Justices of the Supreme Court, 593; Fees
of the Prerogative office, 595; Fees of the Clerk of the Supreme
Court, 596; Fees of the Attorney-General, 598; Sheriff's fees, 599;
Fees of Justices, 600; Fees of the Court of Common Pleas, 600;
Fees of the Clerk of the Sessions and Common Pleas, 601 ; Fees of
the Clerk of Assize, 602; Surveyors' fees, 603; Jury's fees, 603;
Constables' fees, 604; Cryer's fees, 60-1; Coroner's fees. 604; Practi
tioners' fees, 605; Fees in the Court of Chancery, 609; Salaries of
Judges, 620; Admiralty Courts, 621. — Opinion of Richard Stockton
as to the authority of the Governor in the Court of Chancery, x, 155-
168; Ordinance in relation to the Court of Chancery, 184; Act, rela
tive to the practice of the law in Se'w Jersey, 199; Said act dis
allowed, 218; Enumerated, 441.
Courts, Newcastle, Proceedings of, againstJohn Fenwicke, i, 274.
Courts, New York, Proceedings of, against John Fenwicke, i, 236, 288;
' Against Governor Carteret, 303.
Court, Herman, i, 49.
Coustrier, 315.
Cowescomen, i, 16, 18.
Coxe (Cox), Daniel, i, 530. — Letter from, to the Council of Proprietors of
West Jersey, ii, 4; Narrative of, relating to the division line between
East and West Jersey, 10; Signature of, 17; Agreement with Gover
nor Barclay in regard to the boundary line, 34; Release from, of
West Jersey, to the West Jersey Society, 4i; Notice of, 41; Release
of West Jersey, 41-63; Grant of the government of West Jersey
from, to the West Jersey Society, 64-72; Referred to, 87, 88, 89, 90.
94; Letter from, to Rev. Thomas Bredges, 96; Petition of, to the
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 164, 165; Disbursements by,
on account of East Jersey, 204; Referred to, 265, 486, 502.— Objec
tions to his becoming a member of the Council, iii, 35; His answer

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to the same, 39, 42; Recommended for the Council, 7S, 340; Memo
rial of, with others, to the Lords of Trade relative to New Jersey
affairs, 82 ; Proposed for the Council by the Lords of Trade, 115 ;
Notice of, 116; Appointed a member of the Council, 125: Referred
to, 130, 132, 155, 160; In Council, 290: Objected to as a member of
the Council, 301; Appointed a member of Lord Lovelace's Council,
317, 328, 329; Signs addresses, 307, 373, 415, 473; The Proprietors
ask that he may be left out of Governor Hunter's Council, 497 ;
Member of Governor Hunter's Council, iv, 2, 19; Referred
to. 14, 41, 42, 48; His removal from the Council recommended by
Governor Hunter, 61, 141; Referred to, 142, 144, 145,148,149";
His removal from the Council urged by Governor Hunter, 149;
Elected a member of the West Jersey Council, 152, 153; Referred to,
by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 157; Further reference to, 164, 169, 175,
182; Remonstrances against the reappointment of Governor Hunter,
198, 203: Referred to, 207, 209, 210, 211, 213, 216, 230, 233; Two
Quaker speeches relating to, 243, 246; Referred to, 251. 255, 258,
263, 265 ; Letters from to Mr. Allisen, 266, 274; Referred to, 293,
294, 301, 313, 315, 318, 323, 324, 323, 3S6; Caveat of, relating to
the partition li*e between East and West Jersey, 444— v, 19; De
scribes Burlington Island, 38, 43; Member of Council, 211.
Cox, Jr., Daniel, ii, 376, 408, 410.
Coxe, Daniel (the first), x, 225.
Coxe, Daniel (the second), x, 225.
Coxe, Daniel (the third), x, 225.
Coxe, Daniel (the fourth), x, 226.
Coxe, Daniel (the fifth), — Recommended for the Council, x, 235, 232;
Appointed such, 273, 274, 306; In Council, 851; Letter from to
Cortlandt Skinuer, in which he expresses his fears of the Lex
Talionis, 654.
Cox, Doctor Daniel, iii, 37, 116, 233.
Cox, Isaac, See Cocks.
Cox, John, ii, 363, 866, 896.
Coxe, John, vi, 139; Recommended for the Council, 238, 23S, 424; Re
ferred to, 467, 470, 472, 473. — vii, 5; Member of Governor Belcher's
Council, 6, S6, S8; Letterfrom, to James Alexander, detailing some
proceedings of the Governor and.Council, 97; Commends sundry offi
cers, 102; Letter to, from James Alexander, relative to dissolving the
Assembly, 123; Reply to the same, 127; Letter to, from James Alex
ander, relative to the riots, 154; Letter from, to James Alexander,
relative to the Governor's health, and proposed meetings of the Leg
islature, 158 ; Letter to, from James Alexander, relative to the rioters,
161 ; Letter to, from the same, relative to the action of Governor
Belcher, 204; Signs, 237; Referred to, 450; Suspended from Council,
540; Affidavits and proceedings against, 541-550; Referred to, 575;
Removed from his seat in the Council, 5S9 ; Referred to, 594, 602.

52 GENERAL INDEX
Cox, Joseph, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 212.
Coxe, Rebecca, ii, 41-63.
Cox. Samuel, iv, 198, 216, 318.
Cox, Thomas, Au East Jersey Proprietor, i, 425, 433, 434, 487, 442, 451,
460, 462, 474, 482, 483, 490, 499, 500, 504, 529, 530— ii, 26, 49, 326,
396.
Coxe, William, vii, 543— ix, 187; Distributor of stamps, 497; Referred
to, 515-517, 519.
Cozzens, Mr., ii, 246.
Craddock, Mr., Letter to, from Governor Belcher, describing his home at
Burlington, vii, 58.
Crafford, John, ii, 146.
Craft, John, Diary of, relative to Governor Franklin's arrest, x, 710.
Cragge, Andrew, ii, 325, 397.
Cramer, John, ii, 327, 397— iv, 147.
Cramer, William, i, 50, 86.
Crane (Craine), Azariah, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Crane (Craine), Daniel, ii, 129, 334, 339-^-iii, 496.
Crane, Daniel, Jr., vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Crane, Gamaliel, vi, 245 — vii, 457. *
Crane, Jasper, i, 128 — ii, 336 — iv, 111. ._
Crane (Craine), Jeremiah, ii, 129, 326, 334, 339— iii, 496.
Crane, Job, vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Crane (Craine), John, ii, 334, 336— iii, 201— vi, 246, 251.
Crane, Nehemiah, vii, 179.
Crane, Phineas, Ensign, ix, 187.
Crane, Stephen, i, 50 — ii, 325.
Crane (Craine), Stephen, vii, 233, 238, 651— viii, Part 1, 105— x, 45S, 467,
471, 530, 546, 576.
Crane, William, vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Cranfield, Ephriam, vii, 458.
Craven, Thomas, iv, 215.
Craven, Peter, iv, 215.
Crawford, General, ix, 277, 278.
Crawley, Charles, x, 717.
Crawley, John, ix, 321.
Cremer, Thomas, i, 366.
Cresap, Michael, x, 495, 496.
Crew, Thomas, i, 366.
Crew, Thomas L., ii, 388.
Cripps, John, i, 288— ii, 24, 25.
Crisp, Stephen, iii, 413.
Crofts, William, i, 394.
Croghan, Colonel George, Deputy agent for Indian affairs, ix, 521. —
Notice of, x, 112.
Cromarty, Earl of, iii, 315.

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Crook, John, viii, Part I, 267.
Crooke, Charles W., x, 502.
Crosley, Henry, ii, 396.
Cross, John, vi, 429, 432.
Cross, Parson, vii, 154.
Crowe, Abraham, v, 187.
Crowell, Samuel, vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Crowell, Yelverton, ii, 316.
Crown Point, Message of Governor Belcher, relative to the expedition to,
vii, 94; Letter from the same, relative to, 117.
Cryer, Thomas, ix, 318, 321.
Cumberland County, Proceedings of the inhabitants of, in accordance,
with the recommendation of Congress, x, 530.
Cumin, Benjamin, iv, 10.
Cumin, George, iv, 9.
Curie (Corle), Benjamin, Grand Juror, on Woodbridge riot, iii, 486, 487.
Currency, See Paper Money and Bills of Credit.
Curtis, John, ii, 313, 314, 320, 333— iii, 495.
Curtis, Robert, ii, 41, 61, 65, 73, 79.
Curyslet, John, iv, 9.
Cushing, Thomas, x, 529.
Customs, See Commissioners of.
Cutter, Richard, iv, 10.
Cuttleback, William, ix, 178, 179, 250.
Guttler, William, iv, 310, 313.
Cuykendall, Solomon, ix, 180, 181.
Cuyler, Henry, x, 137. D.
Da Grodt, Piene, ii, 327.
Dagworthy, Captain John, v, 317— vi, 425— vii, 102.
Daily, James, x, 717.
Dalrimple, Joseph, Affidavit of, respecting the Newark riots, vi, 427;
Referred to, 430, 431.— Dispossessed, vii, 154, 216, 420, 422, 426, 427.
Dangerfield, John, i, 869.
Daniel, Benajah, x, 717.
Daniel, Richard, i, 269.
Daniel, Thomas, x, 531.
Daniel, William, i, 269.
Daniell, Widow, i, 414.
Darby, William, ii, 326.
Dare, William, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 215, 216;
Referred to, 355, 356— iv, 80.
Darvall, Doctor, i, 317.
Dartmouth, Earl of, One of the Lords of Trade, ii, 489, 503, 540— iii, 96,

54 GENERAL INDEX
100, 129, 146, 147, 149.— Letter to, as Secretary of State, from Gov
ernor Hunter, iv, 10.
Dartmouth, Earl of, x, 355; Writes to Governor Franklin, in regard to
the plundering and burning of the Gaspee, 375; Expresses his satis
faction with the conduct of the Assembly, 388; In relation to the
petition of the Presbyterian clergy, 404, 407 ; Reply of, to Chief-
Justice Smyth, 404; In relation to the support of the King's Govern
ment in New Jersey, 408; In relation to the boundary line, and the
Lottery Act, 416; In relation to the removal of the Treasurer of East
Jersey, 456; To Governor Franklin, relative to the removal of the
seat of Government, 46S; To the same, expressing the King's anxiety
concerning the Continental Congress, 496; Compliments to Governor
Franklin, 501; Announces the King's determination to resist the
Colonies, 513 ; Directs the Colonial Governors to prevent the choice
of deputies to the Continental Congress, 534; In relation to the pro
ceeding of the same, 535; Expresses hopes of a restoration of the
public tranquility, 553; Transmits a resolution adopted by Parlia
ment, 555; In relation to the act for striking £100,000 in bills of
credit, etc., 557; Relative to the;Commander-in-chief of the forces in
America, 586; In regard to the Congress, and the skirmish near Bos
ton, 642; Announces the King's determination to crush the rebellion,
645; Approves Governor Franklin's speech to the Assembly, 651;
Notifies the Governors not to send dispatches by his Majesty's ships
of war, 656; Sends to all the Governors of the Colonies, except Mas
sachusetts and North Carolina, the King's speech, 667.
Dasal, William, ii, 326.
Dashwood,  , x, 701.
Davenport, Francis, ii, 148, 380; Recommended to be one of the Council,
417, 429; Objected to, 438; Remarks concerning, 502; Appointed
member of the Council, 507. — One of Governor Cornbury's Council,
.-Iii, 2, 64, 155, 160; Appointed a member of Governor Lovelace's
Council, 317; His removal from Council recommended by Governor
Cornbury, '340; Death of, mentioned, 341; Referred to, 463 — iv, 2.
Davenport, Humphrey, x, 718.
Davies, Rev. Samuel, President of the College of New Jersey, Death of,
ix, 258.
Davis, Deborah, ix, 251.
Davis, Elijah, vii, 439; Affidavit of, relative to the riots, 411.
Davis, Hugh, x, 717.
Davis, Jonathan, Jr., vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Davis, John, ii, 470— x, 717.
Davis, Nathaniel, vi, 430, 431— vii, 421, 426.
Davis, Nicholas, i, 44.
Davis, Richard, ii, 326, 363, 366, 397.
Davis, Richard, Jr., ii, 397.
Davis, Samuel, i, 152.

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Davis, Solomon, vi, 165— viii, Part I, 212.
Davis, Thomas, ii, 326— iv, 186, 188.
Davlcin, Richard, ii, 148.
Dawson, Anna, i, 369.
Day, Amos, vi, 351 — vii, 458.
Day, John, ii, 143 — iii, 165..
Day, Joseph, vii, 50, 413, 415, 435, 444.
Day, Paul, ii. 337— vi, 351— vii, 457.
Day, Theunis, x, 251.
Day, Thomas, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Day, Thomas, Jr., vi, 351 — vii, 458.
Day, William, ii, 327.
Dayton, Captain Elias, ix, 185-187; Letter to, from Sir Jeffrey Amherst,
. relative to the troops at Elizabethtown, 305.
Dayton, Jacob, ii, 146.
Deacon, George, i, 268, 233, 381— ii, 143, 330; Recommended for Council,
417, 429; Objected to, 488 ; Remarks upon, 502; Appointed, 507. —
One of Governor Cornbury's Council, iii, 2, 64, 155, 340; One of the
Council of the Proprietors, 221 ; Did not approve of Lord Cornbury's
answer to the remonstrance of the Assembly, 225; Proposed as a
member of Lord Lovelace's Council, 299; Appointed as such, 817. —
Member of Governor Hunter's Council, iv, 2, 120, 128, 132, 133; Re
ferred to, by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 157; Further reference to, 164,
326, 331, 334, 363; Payments to, 369, 372; Referred to, 373, 374,
377— viii, Part II, 151.
Dead, John Dickinson, i, 50.
Dean, Consul, Letter to, from" Governor Belcher, relative to the College,
viii, Part II, 197.
Dean, William, iv, 310.
Deane, Silas, x, 530.
Dsare, John, Letterfrom, to Chief-Justice Morris, informing him of the
riots at Perth Amboy, vi, 483; High Sheriff, 405.
Deare, Jonathan, x, 711, 719.
Deare, William, Affidavit of, relative to the riot at Perth Amboy, vi, 467.
Sheriff, viii. Part I, 39, 44, 45, 4S; Deposition of, 50.
De Berdt, Dennis, s; 114, 681.
De Berdt, Esther, x, 6.
De Bow, John, x, 717.
De Brahm, William, ix, 582, 591, 624, 631, 632.
Decker, Peter, viii, Part I, 227, 283; Affidavit of, against Thomas Dekey,
286.
De Cow, Isaac, Justice of the Peace, iv, 276, 281, 283— v, 277— viii, Part
I, 70— x, 512,
De Cow, Joseph, vii, 638.
Dedras, Wander, ii, 327.
De Grey, William, ix, 629.

56 GENERAL INDEX
De Grodt, Jan, ii, 327.
Dehart, Cornelius, vi, 455, 465— vii, 64, 458.
Dehart, Daniel, ii, 129.
Dehart, Jacob, To agree with printer for printing bills of credit, viii, Part
II, 71, 229.
Dehaes, Johannes, Land sold to, by the Indians, i, 111; Grant to, from
Governor Carteret, 111; Ordered to arrest John Fenwicke, 191.
Dehart, John, x, 471, 530, 546, 575, 576, 680; Resigns his seat in Con
gress, 682.
Dekey, Jack, viii, Part I, 288.
Dekey, Jacobus, viii, Part I, 227.
Dekey, James, viii, Part I, 283.
Dekey (Dikey), Thomas, vi, 149. — Colonel of militia of Orange Co., N. Y.,
his abusive treatment of Daniel Harrison, viii, Part I, 214; His
threats to tenants of Proprietors of East Jersey, 220; Beats and robs
Richard Gardner and John Herring, 227; Referred to, 268-270; Fur
ther threats of, 272; Affidavits against, 282, 285, 286; His affidavit,
relative to laying out a highway through Minesink, 299; Seeks pro
tection of James Alexander, viii, Part II, 23; Referred to, 84.
DeLancey, James, v, 329,383, 334, 344; Appointed Chief Justice in the
room of Lewis Morris, 351, 374; Referred to, 897, 398— vi, 149, 169.
— Correspondence with Captain Robert Roddam, vii, 528-537 — viii,
Part 1, 122; Picture of him drawn by Governor Clinton, 122; Letters
from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the boundary line, 192, 288;
Referred to, 232; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to the
boundary line, 297. — Referred to, viii, Part II, 31; Letter from, re
ferring to the boundary question, 74; Letter to, from Governor
Belcher, relative to embargoes, 127; Referred to, 254 — ix, 178, 250y
255.
DeLancey, Oliver, is, 283.
Delancy, Stephen, ii, 291 — ix, 641.
De la Prairie, i, 76.
Delavall, Thomas, i, 72, 283.
Delaware, Captain, i, 196.
Delaware, Lower counties of, ii, SCO.
Delaware River, Oath of allegiance taken by the inhabitants upon, i, 51 ;
Letter from Governor Carteret to those proposing settlements upon,
51; Petition of John Werden for lands on, 289; Islands in to
whom belonging, 347, 348; Quo warranto against the proprietors
upon, 501; Northerly branch of, 517.— Islands in the, v, 6; Opinion
of the Attorney and Solicitor-General respecting the ownership of
15-18; Representation of the Lords of Trade respecting 18; Order
m Council relative to, 28; List of islands in the, 41.  Forks of are
the true limits of New Jersey ou the north, viii, Part I 139 278 
Owners of islands in, petition to be annexed to New Jersey ix 488
492.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 5?
De la Warr, Lord; Appointed Governor of New York and New Jersey,
v, 490; Resigns, 491.— Referred to, vi, 2, 70.
Delrample, Sir John, 529.
De Maresque, i, 317.
Demarest, David, vi, 202.
Denham, David, iii, 446.
Denna, John, i, 269.
Dennes, John; Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, iii, 4S6.
Dennis. Anthony, x, 502.
Dennis, Benjamin, x, 600.
Dennis, Charles, iv, 215.
Dennis, Jacob, Surrogate, ix, 360.
Dennis, John, x, 422, 471.
Dennis, Jonathan, Jr., iv, 215.
Dennis (Denes), Joseph, iv, 215, 309.
Dennis, Philis, iv, 190.
Dennis, Samuel, i, 82; Appointment by the Council of New Netherlands
as a civil officer, and his acts as such, 128, 134; Elected Clerk at
Woodbridge, 3.20; Warrant for the arrest of, 321; Clerk to the Depu
ties, 354, 365— ii, 240, 255, 270, 315, 317, 332, 362, 364, 373, 386;
Recommended to be one of the Council, 417; Objected to, 488. — Affi
davit in support of the Assembly's remonstrance, iii, 200; Referred
to, 232, 203; Petitions the Assembly in relation to the East Jersey
Records, 220; Referred to, 479, 482, 483, 484, 485— iv, 186, 188, 215.
Dennison, Robert, vii, S2.
Denny, William, Letter to, from President Reading, ix, 110; Notice of,
110; Referred to, 141.
De Noyelles, John, x, 194.
Denton, Daniel, i, 15, 18, 147, 149, 504-506— iv, 207.
Denton, Nathaniel, i, 15 — vi, 207.
De Peyster, Col., ii, 342.
De Peyster, Abraham, iv, 340, 408. — Superseded as one of the New York
Council, v, 70. — Signs, viii, Part I, 287.
Desbarres,  , x, 518-520, 600, 661.
Dessmarest, David, ii, 326.
Desmarest, Jan, ii, 326.
Des Marest, Joan, ii, 326.
Des Marest. Samuel, ii, 326.
Devenish, Barnard, i, 269.
Dewilde, John, ii, 897.
Dewitt, Barent, vi, 455, 465— vii, 458. -
De Yonge, Gerrts, ii, 326.
Dick, Captain William, v, 324.
Dickinson, John, x, 529, 574, 678; Notes of what he said before the
Assembly of New Jersey, 689.
Dickinson, Jonathan, Member of the Pennsylvania Council, 'iv, 393.

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Dickinson, Rev. Jonathan, vii, 116.
Dickson, Anthony, i, 269, 414.
Die, John, iv, 10.
Diedewecker, Hans, i, 306.
Diedrect, Hans, i, 49, 66, 82, 177.
Dinwiddie, Robert, On the Trade of the British Empire in America, vi, 83.
— Governor of Virginia, viii, Part II, 121; Letters to, from Governor
Belcher, relative to military proceedings, 122, 143, 172.
Disbanded Courtier, Character of a, viii, Part I, 120.
Division Line, See Boundary Line.
Divorces, x, 410, 411.
Doane, Jonathan, Surrogate, ix, 360.
Dobie, John, ii, 35.
Dockrninique, Paul, See Docratnique, Paul.
Dockwra, William, Notice of, i, 378;' An East Jersey Proprietor, 424,
433, 484, 437, 443, 446, 448, 451, 454, 457, 462; Interested in goods
shipped to Bast Jersey, 464, 465, 467; Signs as Proprietor and as
proxy, 474, 482, 483; Letter from, to Governor Lawrie, 4S6; Signs,
etc., as Proprietor, 490, 499; Appointed agent for the Proprietors
residing in Europe, 506; Signs as a Proprietor, 518; Letter
from Proprietors in England to the Governor and Council of
East Jersey, 514; Referred to, 527, 529; Revocation of all Governor
Lawrie's powers in East Jersey, 581; Signs for Proprietors, 542. —
Anonymous letter addressed to, relative to the division line between
East and West Jersey, ii, 18; Letter to, from Andrew Hamilton, 27;
Certificate as Secretary and Register, 89; Signature of, 83; Signs as
agent of Proprietors, 84; Letter from, to Governor Hamilton, 101;
Referred to, 113, 217; Petition from, as one of the Proprietors, to the
Commissioners of the Treasury, 164, 165; The same to Lords Justices,
171; Named as a Proprietor, 186-193, 198; Disbursements by, on ac
count of East Jersey,- 205; Signs instructions, 213; Signs petition as
'Secretary, etc., 249; Signs as Proprietor, 257; As Secretary, 266;
Letter to, from Secretary Popple, relative to the testing of the Pro
prietors' claims to the port of Perth Amboy at Westminster, 266;
Signs as Secretary, etc., 297; Letter to, from Secretary Popple, in
quiring as to the operation of the act against fraud in East and West
Jersey, 306; His answer to the same, 306; Signs as Secretary, etc.,
310; Referred to, 322; Letter to, from Secretary Popple, 340; Letter
from, to Secretary Popple, relative to the state of the Jerseys, 343-
Letter to, from the same, asking for the transmission of the proposed
surrender of the Government of East Jersey, 353 ; Signs as Propri
etor, 408; Referred to, 416; Signs, 431 ; Objections of, to the appoint
ment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor of New Jersey. 432 ; His ob
jections replied to by Lewis Morris, 442 ; Referred to, 448 ; Signs the
surrender of the Government, 456, 460; Petition of, to the Queen
466; Memorial from, to the Lords of Trade, transmitting objections

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to Andrew Hamilton as Governor of New Jersey, 470; His papers
transmitted to Sir Thomas Lane, 473 ; Reply of the Proprietors to his
complaints against Mr. Hamilton, 475.— Referred to, iii, 36; His
answer to the objections made to the appointment of Daniel Cox and
Peter Sonmans as members of the Council, 39; His petition relative
to the title to Staten Island referred to the Lords of Trade, 61; Me
morial of, with others, to the Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey
affairs, 82; Memorial from, to the same, proposing Peter Sonmans to
be one of the Council, 101; Reference to said memorial, 125; Signs
as Secretary and Register, 133; Referred to, 141, 312-315; Memorial
from, to the Lords of Trade, transmitting documents relative to
Lewis Morris, George Willocks and others, 475 — iv, 115 ; Letter
from, to Secretary Popple, 116; Extract from a letter to, relating to
Governor Hunter's administration, 118; Referred to, 127, 298 — vi,
428, 431.
Docminique (Dominique, Dockminique), Paul, ii, 164, 165, 180-194, 199,
258, 276, 376, 408, 410, 416; Signs surrender of the government,
456-460: Recommends Andrew Hamilton for Governor, 470. — Signs
as a Proprietor, iii, 38: Referred to, 49; Memorial from, with others,
to the Lords of Trade, relating to New Jersey affairs, 50: Notice of, '
51; Signs as a Proprietor, 82, 95, 302; Did not sign Peter Sonmans'
commission, 314. — Referred to, iv, 115, 141, 169 — v, 432.
Dod (Dodd), David, x, 187.
Dod (Dodd), John, vi, 851— vii, 457— x, 187.
Doequet, Paul, i, 269.
Donaldson, William, ix, 463 ; Sketch of the reasons why Captain Kennedy's
claim to a share of the Bergen Commons was not admitted, 474. —
Referred to, x, 137.
Dongan, Thomas, i, 158; Letterfrom, to Governor Penn, 437; Letter to,
from Sir John Werden, 457; Letter to, from East Jersey Proprietors,
463; Letter to, from the Duke of York, 475 ; Letter to, from Sir John
Werden, 476; Letterfrom, to the Earl of Perth, 483; To Sir John
Werden, 485; Referred to, 517, 521; Report of, on the state of the
Province of New York, 524; Referred to, 533. 534; Order to, erecting
New Perth (Perth Amboy) into a port of entry, 540.— Referred to,
ii, 105, 232, 271— vii, 37— viii, Part I, 204, 249, 250, 256— ix, 836.
Donham, Benjamin, iv, 190.
Donnell,  , i, 310.
Donop, Col., x, 302.
Doremus, John, x, 718.
Dorman, Philip, x, 718.
Dorset, James, ii, 396.
Dotey, Samuel, ii, 397.
Doud, Aaron. Surrogate, ix, 359.
Doughty, Daniel, vi, 202.
Doughty, Jacob, iv, 253, 283, 370— v, 135.

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Douglass, William, i, 66, 82, 305, 306, 310.
Douglass, William, Captain, ix, 184, 186.
Dowes, Thomas, iv, 310.
Dowes, William, iv, 310.
Downes, Richard, v, 132, 134, 136, 140.
Downes, Samuel, ii, 541.
Downham, Edmond, ii, 326, 397.
Drake, Andrew, iv, 189.
Drake, Francis, i, 177— ii, 326, 396.
Drake, George, ii, 326, 396.— Petition of, in relation to the supposed Corn
bury Fund, iii, 214.
Drake (Dreake), John, ii, 326, 396, 397.
Drake. John, Contributes to a supposed Combury Fund, iii, 200; Affidavit
in relation thereto, 218; Referred to, 455— iv, 111, 328.
Drayton, William, ix, 621.
Drummon, William, x, 717.
Drummond, Andrew, ix, 445.
Drummond, Gaven, ii, 333, 364, 366.
Drummond, John, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 383, 412, 433, 434, 439,
441, 446, 451, 454, 457, 460, 463; Interested in goods shipped to East
Jersey. 467; Signs as Proprietor, 474; Referred to, 528 — ii, 389.
Drummond, Robert, x, 422.
Duake, Anthony, v, 153.
Duane, James, x, 530.
Dudingfcon, William, Captain of the Gaspee schooner, s, 375, 397, 398.
Dudley, John, i, 509.
Dudley, Col. Joseph, ii, 340, 417.
Douglass, John, ii, 339.
Dun, Hugh, ii, 326, 396.
Dun, Samuel, iv, 1S3.
Dunbar, Col. Thomas, viii, Part II, 17, 92, 140, 143, 172, 202.
Duncan, Alexander, ix, 622.
Duncan, Charles, Recommended for the Council, iv, 183.
Duncan, Thomas, Deposition of, viii, Part I, 42.
Dunch, William, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 76, 79.
Dundasse, James, ii, 35.
Dungan, Thomas, iv, 414, 415.
Dunham, Az, x, 587, 588.
Dunham, Benajah, i, 134 — iv, 188.
Dunham, David, iv, 186, 189.
Dunham, Edmond, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 200;
Affidavit, relative to the same, 217.— Petition, iv, 186, 188.
Dnriham, Jonathan, i, 66, 82, 87.
Dunham, Robert, i, 288.
Dunken, John, Affidavit of, against Lewis Morris Ashfield, vii, 619.
Dunn, Hugh, iv, 186, 188. '

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Dunster, Charles, iii, 314, 315— iv, 141, 241.— Letter from, to one of the
Proprietors in England, v, 100; Notice of, 100; Signs certificate, 155.
Dunster, Dan. Donaldson, vi, 139 — vii, 128. 129, 410, 426 427.
Dunzoy, Louis Demarest, x, 717.
Durrell, Commodore Philip, ix, 110.
Dutch Reformed Churches, Charter for in Middlesex, Somerset and Hun
terdon counties, considered by the Council, viii, Part I, 108.
Du Trudle, Jacob, ii, 326.
Dyckman, Hugh, i, 128.
Dyer, Eliphalet, x, 529.
Dyre, William, i, 186, 318. E.
Earl, Edward, ii, 270; Recommended to be one of the Council, 417.—
Referred to, ix, 451, 454.
Earsken (Ersken) John, ii, 129, £26.
Easom, Captain John, vi, 380, 382, 883; Examination of, relative to the
sloop St. Migel, 390.
East Jersey, Warrant to prepare a patent for, to Sir George Carteret, i,
160; Release of, to the same, 163; Directions, instructions, etc., to
the inhabitants of, by Sir George Carteret, 167; A General Court con
vened in, 176; Lease for, from the Trustees of Sir George Carteret,
366; Appointment of Secretary and Register, also of Receiver-Gen
eral for, 376; Proposal to hold the government directly from the
Duke of York, 380; Release from the Duke of York to the twenty-
four Proprietors, 383; Fundamental Constitution of, 395; Letter
from the Proprietors of, to the Planters, 411; Gawen Lawrie's com
mission as Deputy-Governor of, 423; His instructions, 426; Letter
to, from Charles II, 438; Additional provisions to the Constitution of,
443; Letter from the Proprietors of, to Governor Lawrie and Coun
cil, 446 ; Agreement, respecting the taking up of lands in, 452 ; Letter
from the Proprietors of, to the Planters, 454; Letterfrom thesarae, to
Governor Dongan, 463 ; Account of shipment to, by some of the Pro
prietors, 464, 466; Instructions, relative to the setting out of land
in, 470; Confirmation of former orders respecting, 488 ; Order of
Proprietors of, for laying out lands, and censuring Deputy-Governor
Lawrie and Thomas Rudyard, 492; Quo warranto against, 501;
Order to examine into the affairs of, 502; Letter to the Governor and
Council of, from the Proprietors in England, 514; Minutes of New
York Council, relative to line between, and West Jersey, 517; Agree
ment to submit the dividing line between the Provinces to arbitra
tion, 519; Award, respecting the division line, 523; List of Proprie
tors of in 1687, 528 ; Revocation of all Governor Lawrie's powers
in, 531; Petition of the Proprietors to the King, relative to the
entering of their vessels at New York, 533; Representations and

62 GENERAL INDEX
proposals of the Proprietors of, respecting their rights to a port,
and a government distinct from that of New York, 535; Letter from
Governor Barclay and the Proprietors in England, to the Deputy-
Governor and Council of, 541. — Commission from the Proprietors of,
to Samuel Winder, John Campbell and Miles Forster to confer with
the Governor of West Jersey, relative to running the line between
the two Provinces, ii, 1; Part of a letter without signature to the
Proprietors in England, relative to the division line, 18; Agreement
between the Governor of and the Governor of West Jersey, in regard
to the partition line, 34; Accounts of the several rates of assessments
laid upon the Proprietors of, 37; Instructions from the Proprietors
in London, to Governor Andrew Hamilton, 84; Communication of
the Proprietors of, to the Board of Trade, 90; Letter from the Pro
prietors of, to Governor Hamilton, 101 ; Instructions from the Pro
prietors of, to Thomas Gordon, 106 ; Petition of the Elizabeth-
town people against the Proprietors of, 134; Letter to the Pro
prietors of, from the Lords of Trade, 134; Opinion of Sir Cress-
well Lewinz, on the liability of, to New York for customs, 186;
Letter to the Proprietors of, from the King, relating to the
Plantation trade, 140; Memorial of the Proprietors of, asking the
appointment of Jeremiah Basse as Governor, 149; Petition of the
Proprietors of, relative to customs, 168, 165, 169 ; Order in
Council, relative thereto, 169; State of the case of the Proprietors,
, submitted to the Lords of Trade, 171; Communication from Proprie
tors in England, to the Governor and Council of, announcing the
dismissal of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, and the appointment of
Jeremiah Basse in his stead, 176; Opinion of the Attorney General
and the Solicitor-General as to the rights of the Province to establish
Ports of Entry, 177; Representation from the Lords of Trade, against
the rights of the Proprietors of, to establish ports, 180; George Wil-
^, locks authorized by the Proprietors to receive quit rents, 186; Rip
Van Dam likewise so authorized, 194; Disbursements by the Propri
etors of, 202, 205; Petition of the Proprietors of, that Andrew Ham
ilton be approved of as Governor, 249; Order of Council, referring a
petition from the Proprietors, to the Lords of Trade, 254; Memorial
of the Proprietors of, to the Lords, relative to the seizure of the ship
Hester, 259 ; The same to the same, asking for speedy report upon
their petitions, 263; Claims of, to a port in, to be tried in Westminster
Hall, 267; Memorial to the Lords of Trade, relative thereto, 268;
Memorial of the Proprietors of, to the Lords of Trade, relative to a
surrender of their government, 294; Memorial of the Proprietors of
insisting upon establishing Perth Amboy as a Port of Entry, 308-
Remonstrance of the inhabitants of, to the King, against the Pro
prietors in asking for the appointment of a competent Governor, 322 •
Disturbances in, 329; Answer from the Proprietors of, to the Re-
moustrance of the inhabitants of, 844; The transmission of the pro-

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posed surrender of the government of asked for by the Lords of
Trade, 353; Memorial of Jeremiah Basse to the Lords of Trade, ask
ing for a consideration of the remonstrauce of the inhabitants of, 357;
A retreat for pirates as charged by Edward Randolph, 300; Petition
of the Governor and Council of, to the King, askingthat the authority
¦of Governor Hamilton might be upheld, 369; Memorial from the Pro
prietors of, to the Lords Justices, asking for the approval of Andrew
Hamilton as Governor of East. Jersey, 374; Letter from the Council
of East Jersey, to the Proprietors in England, objecting to Andrew
Bowne as Governor, 385; Surrender of the government of, by certain
Proprietors, 387; Petition of the inhabitants of, to be taken under
the government of the King, should the Proprietors not appoint a
suitable person as Governor, 894; Memorial of the Proprietors of,
relative to the surrender of their government of, 404, 415; Surrender
of the government of, to the Crown, 452, Reply of Proprietors of, to
the complaints of Mr. Dockwra and Mr. Sonmans against! Andrew-
Hamilton, 475; Letter from the Council of, announcing the death of
Governor Andrew Hamilton, 540; Memorial of the Proprietors of, to
the Lords of Trade, asking that Peter Sonmans be appointed a mem
ber of the Council, iii, 120.— Account of money received and paid by
the Treasurer of, v, 142-151. — Quota of assistance to the defence of
New York, viii, Part I, 195. See also New Jersey.
Eastell, William, ii, 396.
Elton, John, vi, 233; Prepares draft of message to the Governor, 246.
Eaton, Michael, i, 186.
Eaton, Robert, v, 139.
E3cle3iastical Jurisdiction in the Plantations; Order in Council, relative
to, v, 126; Instruction relating to, 264, 265.
Eckley, John, x, 225.
Eden, Governor, x, 596.
Edmonds, John, ii, 396.
Edridge. John, ii, 50.
Edsall, John, ii, 327.— Affidavit of, against Morris and Willock, iii, 477
Edsall, Samuel, I, 81, 82, 89, 91, 92, 97; Affairs with the Council of New
Netherlands, 125, 131, 146; Interpreter with the Indians, 182.
Edwards, Abiah, ii, 332.
Edwards, Esther, viii, Part I, 89.
Edwards, Herman, i, 49.
Edwards, Rev. Jonathan, viii, Part I, 89.
Edwards, William, x, 717.
Egburtse, Lawrence, Newark rioter, vii, 179.
Egremart, Earl of. Secretary of State, ix, 125; Circular letter from, rela
tive to military affairs, 330; Announces to the Lords of Trade the
appointment of William Franklin as Governor of New Jersey, 368;
Informs Governor Hardy of his removal, 374; Letters to, 379, £93.
Eires (Eiers), William, iv, 370.— Recommended for the Coivccil, v, 34;
Referred to, 61; Money paid to, 146.

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Eistell, Thomas, ii, 397.
Eldridge, John, i, 200, 220, 225, 233.
Elections. Instructions respecting, iv, 3; Act regulating, rejected, 55.
Elizabethtown, Application for grant of, i, 14; Indian deed for, 15; Con
firmation of the purchase of, 17; Oath of Allegiance of the inhab
itants, 49; Special Court held at, 05-SO; The Duke of York respecting
the grant, 97; Directions of Berkely and Carteret respecting quit
rents, 106; Notice to the inhabitants to take out their patents, 120;
Relations with Council' of New Netherlands, 122, 124, 126-129, 133,
135, 149; Petition of the inhabitants of, to the Council of New
Netherlands, 155; Opinions of certain English lawyers on Governor
Nicoll's patent for, 272; Visit to, by Governor Andros, 805; Officers
at, 321; Court held at, 334, 354; Controversy with Neversink, 477;
Affidavits relative to the grant, 504. — Petition of the people of,
against the East Jersey Proprietors, ii, 124; Letter from, condemning
Governor Basse, 270, 273; Sundry inhabitants of, indicted, 339;
Soundings between, and Amboy, 355. — Grant to the people of, iii, 30.
— Petition of, relative to the controversy with the Proprietors, vi, 205.
— Address of the corporation of, to Governor Belcher, vii, 17.— Peti
tion to have the charter altered, viii, Part I, 104. — Proceedings of
the Committee of Observation, x, 536.
Elkinton, Edward, iii, 165. '
Elkinton, George, i, 2S8.
Elleot, William, i, 223, 224.
Ellis, Daniel, x, 15, 17, 202,
Ellis Joseph, viii, Part ii, 151— ix, 184.
Ellis, Simeon, ii, 380.
Elliott, Andrew, ix, 5S2, 591, 6.24, 631, 632.
Elliot, John, ix, 622.
Elmore, Daniel, x, 531.
Elsby, John, i, 355.
Else, John, iv, 189.
Elsley, Elisha, i, 50.
Elston (Alston), John; Deposition of, relative to piracies, ii, 223; Referred
te, 235, 313.
Elton, Anthony, ii, 384.
Elton, Anthony, viii, Part I, 107— viii, Part II, 151, 152, 232, 233.
Ely, Sarah, x, 512.
Embargo, viii, Part n, 127, 248, 254.
Emet, Mr., iv, 93.
Emley, Peter, ii, 332.
Emley, William, i, 268, 523— ii, 17, 24.
Emly, William, One of the first Commissioners to buy and lay out lands
iii, 221.
Emmons, Nicholas, ix. 251.
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Englie, William, ii, 310.
Ennis, Dr., iii, 75.
Epke, Hendrick, ii, 326.
Epke, Seba. ii, 326.
Erickson. John, i, 236.
Ersken, John, See Earsken, John.
Erwing, Nehemiah, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79.
Esler, Conrad, x, 718.
Espinosa, Captain Joseph, Letter to Governor Clinton, complaining of
his imprisonment, vi, 380; Petition of, 381; Affidavits of, relative to
the seizure of the sloop St. Migel, 381, 385.
Essex County, Proceedings of the Court in, relative to Samuel Carter,
ii, 313; Minutes of a Court of Sessions held September 10, 1700, 333;
Proceedings against sundry persons connected with Newark riots,
336-339.— Taxes, iv, 368, 369.— List of rioters in,vi,234, 351.— Riots
in, vii, 882, 457 (See also Rioters of Essex County and Newark). —
Petition of the possessors of lands in, viii, Part I, 54-56; Justices
of the Peace for, 1C5.— Riots in, x, 172, 180, 192, 198; Letterfrom
the committee of the people of, to the inhabitants of Monmouth
County, commenting on the events in Boston, and recommending a
meeting in New Brunswick, 459; Resolves of the freeholders of, 465.
Essler, John, x, 718.
Estell (Estal, Eistell), Thomas, ii, 326, 332.
Euertson, Admiral, 5, 152.
Evans, Colonel, Begins to erect a fort at New Castle, iii, 230, 231, 232.
Evans, Peter, v, 187.
Evens, Thomas, v. 137.
Evens, William, iii, 165.
Everett, Daniel, Sheriff of Orange County, N. Y., ix, 182.-.
Evers, John M., v, 153.
Everson, Hendrick, i, 269.
Everson, Nicholas, vi, 465, 466.
Evertse, Cornelius, Jr., i, 122.
Every, the pirate ; See Avery.
Eves, Thomas, i, 270, 288— iii, 165.
Evillman, William, iv, 310.
Evrington, Jeremiah, ii, 363.
Ewbank, George, iv, 189, 190.
Ewing, Joshua, x, 531.
Ewing, Maskell. Surrogate, ix, 359.
Ewing, Thomas, x, 531.
Exchange, Ship, Account of shipment to East Jersey in August, 1683, by
some of the Proprietors, i, 464-469.

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F.

Fairchild, Benjamin, x, 717.
Fairchild, Caleb, Sheriff of Morris County, vii, 250.
Fairman's Island, v. 42, 44.
Falconer, David, i, 467, 508, 530.
Falconer, Gilbert, ii, 460.
Falkner, William. Lieutenant, ix, 187.
Fane, Francis, Report of, on the act for enforcing an ordinance made for
establishing fees, and regulating the practice of the law, v, 877;
Referred to, 400. — Acts submitted to, for opinion, vi, 150.
Farmer, Christopher, i, 195.
Farmer, Capt. Robert, vi, 108, 388, 391.
Farmer, Thomas, iv, 9; Statement of, respecting Peter Sonmans, 15;
Removal of, from the Collectorship of Perth Amboy, 49; Referred
to, 68; Affidavit of, relative to maladministration in the Courts of
Justice in New Jersey, 74; Referred to, 77, 119, 123; Notice of, 123;
Referred to, 124; Judge of the Middlesex and Somerset Courts, 129,
132; Letter from, to Governor Hunter, relative to supplies for troops,
135 ; Letter to, relative to the movement of his troops, 137; Appoint
ed Judge of the Supreme Court, 139; Candidate for High Sheriff,
186; Member of the Council, 253; Salary as Second Judge, 368,
369-371.— Referred to, v, 137, 344, 866, 374, 402, 448, 454, 456, 469,
478— vi, 14, 15, 202, 203.
Farrall, Garrett, x, 718.
Farrand, Ebenezer, vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Farrand, Phineas, x, 718.
Farrand, Samuel, x, 718.
Farrington, John, i, 268.
Farris, William, ix, 622.
Fauconier's Patent, viii, Part I, 275.
Faucouier, Peter, Receiver-General, refused to furaish vouchers, iii, 283;
Accounts of, 350-356; Report on papers retained by Lord Cornbury,
357; His accounts and vouchers demanded by the Assembly, 379;
Recommends the adjustment of the line between New York and New
Jersey, 388.
Fauquier, Francis, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, ix, 531.
Fawkener, Everard, Postmaster-General, informs the Lords of Trade of
the establishment of packets to the Colonies, viii, Part II, 144.
Fees taken in the different offices of the Province of New Jersey, ix, 593;
See also Law.
Fell, John, ix, 44G.
Felt Makers' Company, Memorial of, to the Lords of Trade, asking that
the inhabitants of the plantations be required to wear hats made in
Great Britain, v, 306.
Feniraore, Richard, i, 270— ii, 384— iii, 165.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 6?
Fenix, John, vii, 218.
Fenton, Eleazer, i, 269.
Fenwicke, John. i. 118; Note of the arrival of, and family, in West Jer
sey, in 1675, 185; Before New York Council, 186; Presentment of
Samuel Leete against. 186; Special warrant against, from Governor
Andros, 187; Proceedings against iu New York, 188; Ordered to be
arrested by the authorities of New Castle, 191; Letter from New
York Council, relating to, 196; Order of the same, relating to the
same, 197; Letter to, inclosing said order, 198; Reply from, thereto,
199 ; Letter to, from the authorities of New Castle, 203 ; Reference
to in Quintipartite deed, 209; Instructions to Commissioners con
cerning, 220, 22S; Minutes of New York Council relative to his
granting patents in New Jersey, 235; Proceedings at a Court for the
trial of, 236 ; Proceedings against, under presentment of Samuel Leete,
238; Depositions relating to the conduct of, 274; Proclamation of, to
claimants of land, 276; Order of New York Council against, 278;
Letterfrom the same to the Court at New Castle, relative to, 280;
Letter to, from authorities at New Castle, 281 ; Deed from, to Will
iam Penn, for half of New Jersey, 370; Referred to, 331, 333;
Lands sold by, 413; Agreement between the Executors of, and Will
iam Penn, 507; Referred to, ii, 50 — iv, 127.
Ferris, Samuel, iii, 165.
Fessenden, Thomas, x, 612.
Field, Jeremiah, iv, 9.
Field (Fell), John, ix, 339.
Field, John, iv, 10, 303.
Filhing, Josiah. iv, 215.
Finch, Samuel, Complains of being wrongfully taken prisoner, viii, Part
II, 13.
Fines and Recoveries, Opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor Generals in
relation to. v, 291.
Finlay, Hugh, x. 610.
Finns-pointe, Lands at, sold by John Fenwick, i, 4t3.
Fisher, Hendrick, vii, 336— x, 202, 458, 640.
Fisher, Henry, Inspector of the Press, viii, Part II, 70, 229.
Fisher, Thomas, ii, 122.
Fisher, William, iii, 152, 153, 154— iv, 98.
Fisher, William, x, 718.
Fisher's Island, v, 43, 44, 46.
Fithian, Joel, s, 531.
Fithian, Philip V., v, 532,
Fitzrandolph, Christian, iv, 215.
Fitz Randolph, John, ii, 398— iv, 1S9.
Fitz Randolph, Joseph, ii, 397; Affidavit against Lord Combury, iii,
198; Contributes to supposed Lord Cornbury Fund, 200; Grand
Juror, 446.

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Fitzrandolph, Nathaniel, Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, iii, 486, 4S7.
—Referred to, iv, 186, 1S9.
Fitzrandolph, Peter, iv, 215.
Fitz Randolph, Richard, Affirmation of, relative to riot at Perth Amboy,
vi, 466.
Fitz Randolph, Thomas, ii, 395.
Fitzroy, Mr., ix, 15-17, 641.
Flags borne by ships having private commissions, vi, 128.
Fletcher, Governor Benjamin, Letter to, from the Proprietors of West
Jersey, ii, 89; Letters to, from Governor Hamilton of East Jersey,
105,113,115; William Penn's observations on the proceedings of,
132; Referred to, 265.
Floyd, William, x, 530,
Flypsen,  , i, 457, 517.
Folsom, Nathaniel, x, 529.
Foort, Roger, v, 187.
Forbenor, Samuel, ii, 396.
Forbis (Forbes), Arthur, an East Jersey Proprietor, i, 460.
Forbes, Brigadier General, ix, 160.
Forbes, John, i, 530.
Ford, Colonel, viii, Part II, 179.
Ford, Jacob, viii, Part II, 229.
Ford, John, iv, 10.
Ford, Robert, ii, 470.
Ford, Samuel, x, 413, 416, 419, 421.
Forman, Alexander, ii, 327, 396 — iv, 215.
Foreman, Samuel, ii, 827, 363, 396.
Forman, Thomas, ii, 327.
Forest, Captain James, ix, 227.
Forest, John, i, 269.
Forrester, Major, ix, 228.
Forrester, Mr., viii, Part I, 145— Part II, 245.
Forster, Miles, Commission to, from the East Jersey Proprietors to confer
with the Governor of West Jersey relative to the line between the
two Provinces, ii, 1; Desires to report, 24; Signs as Proprietor, 376,
408, 411; Surrenders the Government of East Jersey, 387; Recom
mended to be one of the Council, 417; Signs the surrender of the
government, 456, 460; Objected to as a mehiber of Council, 488. —
Proposed for the Council, iii, 51, 95£Referred to, 154;- Proposed as a
member of Lord Lovelace's Council, '299, 302; Notice of, 302; Did
not sign Sonmans' Commission, 314; Grand Juror, 446; Recom
mended for Council of Governor Hunter, 498. — Referred to, iv 375-
Dead, 377.
Forster, William, Inspector of the Press, viii, Part II, 70.
Foster, Ezekiel, x, 531.
Foster, John, i, 15 — vi, 207.

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Foster, William, ix, 856.
Fowle, Thomassin, iii, 358.
Fowler, John, ii, 397.
Fox, James, ii, 396.
Fox, George, iii, 413.
Fox, Hon. H., Circular letter from, relative to the appointment of the
Earl of Loudon as Commander-in-Chief, viii, Part II, 209 ; Letter
to, from Governor Belcher, commenting on the recent proceedings of
Government. 220.
Fox, John, iv, 310.
Fox, Thomas, Deposition of, viii, Part. I, 48.
Fox, William, iv. 310.
Fox, Mr., Naval officer for Perth Amboy, vii, 381, 650.
Foxcraft, Mr.. Postmaster-General, x, 657, 663; 669.
Foye, John, vii, 150, 320— viii, Part I, 22.
Francisco, Peter, x, 71S.
Franklin, Benjamin, iii, 116; To Governor Belcher relative to an electri
cal apparatus, viii, Part I, 7; Letter from, relative to Post routes
in New Jersey, ix, 265; Referred to, 389; Commissioner for settling
the boundary line, 582, 591, 624, 631, 632; Accounts of, x, 29; Re
ferred to, 43; Appointed agent for New Jersey, 135; Letter from,
relative to the appointment of Colonial agents in England, 330; In
relation to the attachment of the property of persons who have never
resided in the Colony, 337; Referred to, 381, 393, 445; Salary of,
450; Letter from, to Governor Franklin on American affairs, 494;
Referred to, 610, 692, 710.
Franklin, Mrs., ix, 640.
Franklin, William, Appointed Governor of New Jersey, ix, 368; Com
mission of, 308; Notice of, -369; Commission of, as Vice-Admiral, 372;
Announces to the Lords of Trade his arrival in New Jersey, and noti
fies them of vacancies in the Council, 383; Incloses to the same riiin-
utes of Council and six acts of the Assembly, 388 ; Announces to the
Lords of Trade, and to the Earl of Egremont that he will appoint a
day of thanksgiving; that the Indians had re-commenced hostilities,
and measures taken for protection against them, 391, 392; A house
to be provided for, 396; Gives an account to the Lords of Trade of
his proceedings with the Assembly in respect to the means of repell
ing the hostilities of the Indians, 398; To the same, relative to an act
for raising levies for the defence of the Provinces, 400; To the same,
relative to the revenue, and to issuing money in paper bills for erect
ing public buildings, 402: Announces to the Lords of Trade the death
\ of Chief-Justice Morris, and the appointment of Charles Read to suc
ceed him; also recommends Richard Stockton for the Council, 426;
Writes to the Lords of Trade, relative to raising levies; also to some
acts passed by the Assembly, and to Mr. Ashfield's claim to precedence v
in the Council, 428; Letterfrom, to the Earl of Halifax relative to rais-

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ing troops, 431 ; Informs the Lords of Trade in relation to the friendly
aid of the Six Nations of Indians, 433; Is complimented by Lord
, Halifax for his zeal in protecting the frontier of New Jersey, 439;
^Conduct of, approved by the Lords of Trade, 444; Named as Com
missioner for running the boundaries between New Jersey and New
York, 447; Expresses his thanks to the Earl of Halifax, 453; Replies
to a letter from the Lords of Trade, relative to certain acts of the
Assembly, 45S; Writes to the Lords of Trade, transmitting copies of
letters and papers relating to the complaint of Capt. Kennedy in the
matter of the common-lands of Bergen and enclosures, 459-475, 478;
Sends to tho Earl of Halifax list of instruments used in the Province,
marking such as will bear the highest stamp duty, 479; Writes to the
same in relation to illicit trade in New Jersey, 484; To the same rel
ative to measures for improving the correspondence between the Col
onies, 485; Has commissioned Frederick Smyth Chief Justice, 486; t
Transmits petition from owners of islands in the Delaware, to be an
nexed to the Province of New Jersey, 488; To the Lords of Trade in
relation to bounties for raising hemp and silk, 490; Letters from,
'relative to the Stamp Act, 492, 494, 497, 499 ; Authorized to call for
land and naval forces to quell the disturbances in the Colony, 501 ;
Informs the Lords of Trade of the seditious spirit aroused in New
Jersey, 505, 507, 524; Letter from, to Captain James Hawker, 519:
To his father, Benj. Franklin, relative to the success of Col. Croghan
in his negotiations with the Indians, 521 ; Congratulations from, on
the repeal of the Stamp Act, 555 ; Transmits votes of the Assembly to
the Lords of Trade, 567; Acknowledges receipt of acts of Parliament,
568 ^Conduct of, approved by the King, 570; Writes to the Earl of
"SEelburn concerning outrages committed on the Indians, also re
specting barracks, 574; Announces to the same the trial and execution
of one Seymour for the murder of an Oneida Indian, 578; Gives a j
statement of the salaries annually granted to the officers of the Gov-\
ernment of New Jersey, 579; Information from, relative to animal
expenses of the Government and to quit-rents, 586; Fees taken in
the different offices, 592; Viee-Admiral, 621; Letter from, to his
father, 625; Notified of the King's displeasure with the Assembly for
not obeying the act of Parliament, in regard to mutiny and desertion
686; Acknowledges receipt of new seal for New Jersey, 640; Letter
-from, to his father in relation to rumors of an attempt to remove the
Governor, 640; Writes to Secretary Shelburn relative to inequality
of the expense of quartering troops in the Colonies, 642. — Commis-\
sions Joseph Reed as Surrogate, x, 8; In relation to the case ot John •
Wilkes, 2S ; Gives an account of the manufactures, produce and trade
of New Jersey, 29 ; In relation to an act for quartering the troops
-32_iJ.n relation to the Massachusetts Assembly circular, 84; Recom
mends Richard Stockton for the Council, 44; Rebuked for assenting
-to a law contrary to an act of Parliament, 45; Writes to Secretary

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 71
Hillsborough respecting an act for striking £100,000 in bills of
credit, 48; To the same, relative to the complaint by the Commis
sioner of Customs in America to the King, 53 ; Commissions
Charles Read, John Smith and Samuel Smith to take charge of the
the seals during his absence, 54; Writes to Secretary Hillsborough
relative to a treaty with the Indians, 55; Defends his conduct against-
the censures of the Earl of Hillsborough, 64; In relation to the treaty
with the Indians for settling the boundary lines between them and
the British Colonies, 95; Letter from, to Cortlandt Skinner, 97;
Gives further reasons for issuing £100,000 in bills of credit, 99;
Writes to his father respecting his farming operations and other
matters, 111 ; Letters of acknowledgement from, to Earl of Hills
borough, 118, 130; Announces the death of Mr. Ashfield, a member of
the Council, 131 ; Writes to Secretary Pownall relative to the provis
ion for the King's troops, 141; Transmits Chief Justice Smyth's
memorial respecting his salary, 144; Writes in relation to the riotous
proceedings in Monmouth County, 148; Observations of, on the act
for striking £100,000 in bills of credit and on the act relating to the
common -lands in the township of Bergen, 150; Speech of, in relation -
to the riots in Monmouth and Essex Counties, 172; Offers a reward
for the discovery of the persons who set fire to the stables, etc., of
David Ogden, 183; Writes to the Earl of Hillsborough relative to-
matters of public interest, 191 ; Complimented by the Earl of Hills-'
borough, 198; Informs the Earl of Hillsborough of the displeasure
of the Assembly at the disallowance of the Paper Money Act, 200;
Announces to the Earl of Hillsborough the action of the Assembly in
the matter of supplies for the troops, and the appointment of Barrack
Masters, 201 ; Message from, to the Assembly, relative to supplies for
the troops, 203; Answer to the same, 204; Proclamation of, in rela
tion to assault on John Hatton, 205; Writes to Secretary Hillsbor
ough in regard to the war with Spain, and Indian affairs, also
announces the death of John Ladd, 221; Letter to Major Will
iam Trent, relative to private matters, 227 ; To the Earl of
Hillsborough relative to recruiting parties, also to making pro
visions for the King's troops, 230; Promises assistance in re
cruiting men, 233; Writes to his father relative to the Ohio
affair, also the Assembly's insolvent laws, 236; Announces the
refusal of the Assembly to provide for the King's troops, 237; Speech
of, to the Assembly and Council, 238; Answer to the same, 242;
Message of, to the Assembly, 243; Reply to, 251; Rejoinder, 256;
Writes to the Earl of Hillsborough in relation to the complaint of
John Hatton, 275; Writes to the Commissioners of Customs at Bos
ton, relative to the Hatton difficulty, 287; Informs the Earl of Hills
borough of the continued refusal of the Assembly to grant supplies
for the troops, 297, 304; Complimented by the Earl of Hillsborough -
for his efficiency in recruiting the King's troops, 301 ; Disputes with

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the Assembly in regard to the resignation of Mr. Ogdeu as a member
of the House, 306; Writes to the Lords of Trade relative to the pro
posed repeal of the act authorizing the emission of paper bills, 315 ;
His position in the matter approved, 318; Informs the Lords of
Trade that an agent for New Jersey had been appointed, 320; An
nounces that the Assembly had consented to pay arrears due to
the troops, and debt of the Colony incurred during the late war, 321 ;
Transmits public papers, 333; Writes in relation to the dispute con
cerning the resignation of Mr. Ogden as a member of the Assembly,
334; In relation to the act concerning the property of non-residents,
337: Transmits the petition of the Presbyterian Clergy of New Jer
sey, 339; Proclamation of, dissolving the Assembly, 356; Informs
the Earl of Hillsborough that the Assembly had granted money for the
support of the King's troops, 378; Writes to the same in relation to
care and custody of idiots and lunatics. 382; Transmits minutes ot
Council and Assembly with observations on the Boundary Act, the
act to enable all subjects to inherit real, estate, and the Lottery Act,
335; To the Earl of Dartmouth in regard to papers relative to the
Gaspee schooner, 389 ; To the same, relative to memorial from Attor
ney-General Skinner, with observations on the fees of the Governor
and other officers, 389; To the same, relative to the petition of the
Presbyterian Clergy, 400; To the same, relative to the pay of
Government officers, 405; To the same, in relation to the boundary
line, 407; Message of, to the Assembly relative to the resignation of
the Treasurer, Stephen Skinner, 420; Writes to the Earl of Dart
mouth on the same subject, and recommends Francis Hopkinson for
the Council in place of Charles Read, 425; Answers from, to inquiries \\
relative to the condition of the Province of New Jersey, 433, 451 ; »
Salary of, 450; Writes in relation to the Boston Port Act, a Congress
of the several Houses of Assembly, and removal of the seat of Govem-
^mentfrom Burlington to Perth Amboy, 457; Transmits Acts of the
f Assembly to the Earl of Dartmouth, 461; Transmits to the same,
[resolutions of the freeholders of Essex County, 464; Writes to the
[same, in respect to the first Congress in Philadelphia, and gives
("secret intelligence,'' 473-478; Sends to the same a pamphlet pub
lished by the Continental Congress, 500; Is complimented by the
j same, 501 ; To the same, in relation to the Congress and transmitting
a plan of a proposed union between- Great Britain and the Colonies,
-503: Speech of the Council and Assembly, 533; Replies to, 541-545;
Letter from, in relation to the seizure of arms and ammunition im
ported without license, 548 ; Gives a list of the names of the mem
bers of the Council of New Jersey, 560, 561 ; Gives to the Earl of
Dartmouth secret intelligence, 570; Gives to the same an account of
the proceedings of the King's troops at Concord, 590; Also an ac
count of proceedings, and the effect of the affair at Lexington, 601 - '
Speech of, to the Assembly, 620; Reply thereto, 633; Rejoinder 638-

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 73
Informs the Earl of Dartmouth as to the movement of troops in
New Jersey and Philadelphia, 644; Gives to the same intelligence of
the arrest of Major Philip Skeene, 648; His speech to the Assembly
approved by the Earl of Dartmouth, 651 ; Announces that Congress
has declared war, 652; Complains that his dispatches are opened at
the Post Office, and gives notice that the Congress of New Jersey had
assumed command of the militia, 656; Writes that Lord Stirling had
accepted a Colonel's commission from the Provincial Congress, and
no gentleman would consent to be nominated for the Council, 662;
Announces to the Earl of Dartmouth the raising of troops in New
Jersey, 669; Transmits to the same his speech to the Assembly, 674 ;~
Writes to the same, relative to the sentiments of the people, the pro^_
ceedings of the Assembly, etc., 670; Gives an account of his arrest,
698, 702; Note on, 710; Message to the Legislature of New Jersey,
719. --"
Franklin, William Temple, ix, 371.
Frasier, Mr., Collector for the Port of Salem, vii, 331; Returns of, 587,
650.
Frazer, William, vi, 98.
Frazey, Eliphalet, vii, ISO.
Frederick, Martin, Sr., x, 718.
Fredricksen (Fredericks), Thomas, i, 49, 125— ii, 8.26.
Freehold, Letter from the town of, condemning Governor Basse, ii, 273. .
— Letter from the Committee of Inspection to the inhabitants of
Shrewsbury, x, 559.
Freeman, Edward, iv, 189.
Freeman, Gilman, Ensign, ix, 187.
Freeman, Henry, iv, 188 — x, 351.
Freeman, John, i, 50 — iv, 10.
French, Information concerning the state of the Plantations conveyed
through their vessels, iii, 60; Report of an attack by, on New York,
149, 162; Strength of, in Canada, 271.— Hostile attempts of the, on
the river Ohio, viii, Part I, 292; The Lords of Trade, in relation to
said attempts, 294. — The necessity of driving them from America,
viii, Part n, 133; Threatened invasion of, 158, 103, 174.— Defeat of,
in Canada, ix, 1S3.
French, Philip, vi, 368.
French, Thomas, i, 269.
Frettwell, Peter, ii, 148; Recommended to be one of the Council, 417.
Fretwell, Peter, iv, 21, 126; Member of the Council of the West Jersey
Proprietors, 152 ; Referred to, 283 ; Recommended for the Council,
326, 334; Appointed a Councillor, 331; Notice of, 833; One of the
Commissioners to try pirates, 340; Referred to, 373, 374.
Frost, William, iii, 447.
Fullerton, James, vi, 212— vii, 268.
Fullerton, Robert, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 460, 409, 529— ii, 2.

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Fullerton, Thomas, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 460, 409, 529.
Furch, William, ii, 396.
Furins, Samuel, v, 139.
Furman, Mr., viii, Part I, 154.
Furniss, Samuel, iv, 276-282.

G.
Gadsden (Gad son), Christ., x, 530, 649.
Gage, Thomas, vi, 465, 466.
Gage, General Thomas, ix, 399; Letter from, to Governor Franklin, rela
tive to military operations, 432; Places troops at the command of
Governor Franklin, 495.— Referred to, x, 592, 593, 618, 045, 654.
Gales, Samuel, x, 502.
Galloway, Andrew, i, 529.
Galloway, John, x, 717.
Galloway, Joseph, x, 48; Notice of, 111, 197; Referred to, 227, 378, 492,
529, 535, 571; Extracts from letters of, 572, 579.
Gam, Hananiah, ii, 148.
Gannet, Reheboth, ii, 397.
Gardner, Benjamin, Newark rioter, vii, 179.
Gardner, Captain, ix, 122, 123.
Gardner, John, ii, 338 — vii, 458.
Gardner, Richard, Complains of Dekey and others of New York, viii,
Part I, 220; Intrusted with money to relieve persons distrained, 221,
222: Beaten and robbed by Thomas Dekey, 226; Referred to, 283;
Affidavit of, against Dekey and sons, 285. — Complained of, viii, Part
II, 13.
Gardner, Thomas, i, 270 — ii, 148, 330; Recommended to be one of the
Council, 417. — Objected to as a member of the Assembly, iii, 151;
Summoned by Lord Combury to show his authority for acting as one
of the Council of West Jersey, 158; One of the agents of the Pro
prietors, 221; Referred to, 415; Recomraeuded for Council of Gov
ernor Hunter, 498, 499.— Referred to, iv, 13, 119, 120, 128; Notice
of, 128, 132, 133, 142; Letter from, to Governor Hunter, respecting
Jeremiah Basse, 144; Forbidding surveys, 147; Refuses to take his
affirmation instead of oath of office, 148; Referred to, 152, 164;
Dead, 175. — Referred to, vi, 245.
Gardner, Thomas, Jr., Newark rioter, vii, 179, 457.
Garner, John, vi, 351.
Garretsen, Garrett, i, 49.
Garretsen, Geart, i, 49.
Garrett, John, iv, 310.
Garrison, John, vii, 606.
Garritse, Henry, x, 467.
Gaspee, Schooner, The plundering and burning of, x, 375, 389. 395.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 75
Gaston, Robert, x, 717.
Gateau, Nicholas, iv, 310, 313.
Gates, Horatio, ix, 427— x, 672.
Gautier, Andrew, x, 365, 366.
Gee, Joshua, v, 6.
Geedes, Jo., iv, 371.
Geere, Elinor, i, 186.
Geere, Ruth, i, 186.
Geere, Zachariah, i, 186.
Gellebrand, Samuel, Deputy Secretary, Letter from, relative to the claim
of Lewis Morris for salary, vi, 153.
Gemoenepa, Relations with Bergen, i, 145.
Germain, Lord George, Announces to Governor Franklin the King's con
cern that New Jersey had submitted to the Continental Congress,
x, 675.
Gerrard, William, i, 529.
Gerrdfcsden, Hendrick, ii, 826.
Gerrish, Col., x, 671.
Gerritse, Derk, i, 151.
Gerrits (Gerretze), Gerret, i, 125, 320.
Gibbins, Mardia (Mordecai), ii, 326, 366.
Gibbon, Edmund, i, 414.
Gibbon, Grant, x, 471.
Gibbon, John, x, 581.
Gibbon, Nicholas, viii. Part H, 158, 230, 231.
Gibbons, Richard, i, 44.
Gibson, Captain, ii, 223.
Gibson, Bartholomew, i, 468.
Gibson, Elizabeth, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 490, 500, 507— ii, 32.
Gibson, William, i, 376; An East Jersey Proprietor, 383,412,424, 433,
434, 437, 442. 446, 451, 454, 457, 474— ii, 205.
Giljansen, Gillis, i, 194, 276.
Gill, Michael, ix, 622.
Gillmann, Charles, iv, 186.
Gillman, Joseph, iv, 189.
Gilman, Freeman, ix, 187.
Gilman, John, i, 147, 149, 307, 319, 320.
GUman, William, Affidavit of, relative to the New Jersey rioters, vii, 231.
Ginnins, John, ii, 326.
Glass Manufacturers in New Jersey, vi, 9S— viii, Part I, 108, 109— x, 31.
Glen, William, viii,. Part T, 27.
Gloucester (Gloster) County, Population of, in 1699, ii, 305.— The magis
trates of, commended by Governor Hunter, iv, 158; Taxes, S6S, 869
—v, 132, 133.— Money received from collector of, viii, Part I, 66-68;
From commissions, 71 ; Interest money from, 73, 74.
Godbolt. Anne, iv, S1-S5.

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Godbolt, Francis, iv, 81-85.
Godolphin, Charles, ii, 254.
Godyn, Samuel, Patent to, for the east side. of Delaware river, now Cape
May County, i, 1.
Goelet, Francis, ix, 334.
Goff, Captain, ii, 97.
Gold, John, ii, 397.
Gold, Lieutenant, x, 607.
Gold and Silver Coins, ix, 135.
Goldsmith, Josias, x, 717.
Gomar, Peter, vi, 106 — ix, 179.
Goodman, Charles, Collector at Perth Amboy, letter from, to the Com
missioners of Customs, relative to goods seized by him, and rescued
by armed men, ii, 291.
Goodson, John, i, 416— ii, 120, 187-193.
Gooldy, Jacob, iv, 147.
Gookin, Charles, Governor of Pennsylvania, letter to him from Governor
Hunter, complaining of his proceedings, iv, 160; Going to England
as Coxe's ambassador, 255. — Petition for grant of islands in the Dela
ware, v, 6; Representation of the Lords of Trade, respecting his
petition, 18; Order in Council, relative to, 28; Referred to, 447.
Gordon, Andrew, viii, Part I, 42.
Gordon, Augustin, ii, 26.
Gordon, Charles, i, 529.
Gordon, John, i, 529, 530.
Gordon, Peter, Lottery made by, ix, 448, 446, 458; Act to make void,
repealed, 487.
Gordon, Sir Robert, One of the East Jersey Proprietors, i, 383, 412, 425,
433, 434, 437, 439, 442, 446, 448, 451, 454, 457, 460, 462; Interested
in goods shipped to East Jersey, 467; Signs as Proprietor, 482, 483,
500, 513; Referred to, 528, 529, 530; Disbursements by, on account
of East Jersey, ii, 204.
Gordon, Thomas, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 460, 529 — ii, 2, 101. —
Instructions to, from the East Jersey Proprietors, 106; Notice of,
106; Referred to, 113; Named as a Proprietor, 187-193, 198; Disburse
ments by, on account of East Jersey, 204; Signs instructions to
Governor Basse, 213; Deputy Secretary, 317, 335; Surrenders the
government of East Jersey, 387; Signs the surrender, 456-460;
Objected to as a member of Council, 488; Appointed High Sheriff,
iii, 15, 16; Complained of, 135; Referred to, 141, 185, 189, 214, 216,
219, 253, 254, 263; Elected Speaker of the Assembly, 292, 359; Signs
as such, 298, 372, 378; Complained of by the Council, to Lord Love
lace, 393, 394, 398, 400, 403, 405; Referred to, 414, 415, 431, 433,
44.8, 453, 479; Indicted, 481; Referred to, 489; Recommended for
the Council by the Lords of Trade, 499 ; Letter from, to the Secretary
of State asking for restoration to the office of Chief Justice, 500 
iv, 15, 40, 74; The case of, 76; Referred to, 106, 119-121, 128, 129,

NEAV JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 77
133; The opinion of Rev. Jacob Henderson respecting, 157; Further
reference to, 164; Letter from, to Rev. Jacob Henderson, inclosing
certificates relating to his own and Colonel Anderson's characters,
176, 180, 181; Accounts of, as Receiver-General of New Jersey, 185;
Referred to, 200; Attorney-General in place of Mr. Griffith, removed,
209; Certain payments by him sanctioned, 217, 228: Member of
Council, 253; Indictment of, 258; Referred to, 266, 267; Signs as
member of Council, 310; Referred to, 334; One of the Commission
ers to try pirates, 340 ; Referred to, 363 ; Account of. as Receiver-
General, 368, 369; Referred to, 373, 894. — In Governor Burnet's
Council, v, 3 ; Dead, 33 ; Money to, 147.
Gorham, Joseph, ix, 590, 591.
Gosling, John, i, 269— iii, 164— iv, 147— v, 36.
Gosnell, John, i, 419.
Gould, Edward T., x, 613.
Gould, James, v, 187.
Gould, John, ii, 327.
Gould, John, x, 717.
Gould, Nathan, Account of the circumstances leading to the capture of
New York by the Dutch, i, 121.
, Gould, Thomas, Affidavit of, respecting the state of the Province, vii,
375 ; Affidavit of, relative to the riots, 446.
Goulding (Golding), William, i, 44, 9S.
Gouldy, Samuel, iv, 238.
Governors of Colonies, See Colonies and Plantations.
Grachoise, Robert, iv, 9.
Grafton, Duke of, ix, 9, 15, 626, 641.
Graham, Augustus, ii, 461.
Graham, James, i, 299. — In relation to Perth Amboy as a free port, ii,
231.
Grant, James, Jr., ix, 621.
Grant, William, vi, 296.
Granville, Earl of, viii, Part I, 27; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, 97.
Graves, Admiral, x. 645.
Graves, Zackery, i, 50.
Gray, Galfredus, Letter from, on the encroachments of the Indians, v,
107.
Gray, John, i, 50.
Grear, James, Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, iii, 486.
Gregory, Alexander, Affidavit of, against Lewis Morris Ashfield, vii, 619.
Gregory, Mr., i, 52.
Green, Enoch, x, 345.
Green, Joseph, vii, 604.
Greenaway, Henry, Autograph, v, 510— vii, 326.
Greenaway, Richard, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79; Signs the surrender of the gov
ernment, 456-460; Asks that Andrew Hamilton be appointed Gover-
ernor, 470.— Signs, iii, 95.

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Greenland, Henry, i, 299, 319, 320, 364, 478, 523.
Greenville, Bernard, i, 366— ii, 388.
Greenville, Henry, viii, Part I, 27.
Greenwich, Disapproval of the destruction of the tea at, x, 530.
Greenwood, Jonathau, ii, 41-62, 74, 460— vii, 320.
Griffin, Thomas, Indicted, vii, 458 — ix, 185, 187.
Griffith, Alexander, Attorney-General, iv, 184; Salary, 185; Removal,
209; Salary, 368, 369.
Griffith, Benjamin, ii, 315-317, 373, 886— iii, 478— iv, 107.
Griffith, John, iv, 180.
Groome, Samuel, i, 227; An East Jersey Proprietor, 366, 373; Commis
sion of, as Receiver-General of East Jersey, 376, 378; Among the
twenty-four East Jersey Proprietors, 383; His proprietary right
transferred to his son, 432; Instructions to, relative to laying out
Perth Amboy, 434; His honesty and fidelity referred to, 447; Notice
of, 527, 529.— Referred to, ii, 232.
Gronen, Lafly, ii, 896.
Grorne, Cornelius, v, 153.
Grover, James, i, 44, 88— ii, 396— iii, 212.
Grover, James, Jr., ii, 863.
Grover, Safetie, ii, 368.
Grover, Sefty, Affidavit of in support of the Assembly's remonstrance,
iii, 211.
Growden, Lawrence, vii, 130.
Grubb, John, i, 269.
Grub, Thomas, iv, 10.
Grummon, Aaron, Newark rioter, vii, 179.
Guerrish, Joseph, ix, 590, 591.
Gunner, James, ii, 397.
Gunston, John, ii, 42-61, 65-73, 79.
Guy, Bridget, iii, 358.
Guyon, Peter, ii, 41-62, 74— vii, 320.
Guy, Richard, Instructions to, as one of the Commissioners in West Jer
sey appointed by William Penn and others, i, 219, 228; Name to
concessions, etc., to settlers in West Jersey, 268; Resident of Salem,
283: Overseer at, 284; Magistrate, 291, 292; Land sold to, by John
Fenwicke, 413, 414. H.
Habbersfield, Edward, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79.
Hackett, John, ii, 72.
Hackett, John, Affidavit of, respecting the riots on the estate of Allen
and Turner, vii, 377; Referred to, 515 — ix, 7.
Hackett. William, Captain of the sloop Indeavor, Proceedings against i
64, 07, 71.
Hackshaw, Robert, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 76, 79, 88, 90, 92, 99.

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Haddon, John, iii, 313— iv, 94, 95, 98.
Haig, William, i, 268.
Haines, John, iii, 165.
Haines, Jonathan, ii, 315, 334.
Haines, Joseph, ii, 315.
Haines, Richard, iii, 164.
Hale, Samuel, ii, 315-317, 3i8, 8.36, 488, 541.— Petitions the Assembly hi
the East Jersey records, iii, 220; Referred to, 479.
Haleday, T., iv, 174; Certificate from, relating to the character of
Thomas Gordon, attacked by Jacob Henderson, 180.
Halgard, John, iv, 147.
Halifax, Lord, Letter from, relative to complaints against Governor
Belcher, vii, 594.— Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to
Lewis M. Ashfield, viii, Part I, 8; Referred to, 117. — Letter to, from
Governor Belcher, relative to Attorney-General Skinner, viii, Part II,
200; Referred to, 246— ix, 210, 344, 431; Compliments Governor'
Franklin, for his zeal in protecting the frontiers of New Jersey, 439;
Circular letter from, to the Governors in North America, informing
them that certain stamp duties would be charged in theColonies, 448;
Writes to Governor Franklin, in relation to Captaiu Kennedy's com
plaint, 461.
Halker, -John, iv, 190.
Hall, Clem, vi, 139— viii, Part I, 08.
Hall, David, viii, Part I, 74— ix, 625.
Hall, John, i, 51.
Hall, Jutt, ii, 398.
Hall, Reuben, Eusign, ix, 185.
Hall, Thomas, iv, 253, 370— v, 146.
Hall, William, ii, 148, 880. — Proposed for the Council, iii, 95; One of the
Council of the Proprietors, 221 ; Proposed as a member of Lord Love
lace's Council, 299, 302, 809; Appointed as such, 317. — Member of
Governor Hunter's Council, iv. 2, 19, 48; His removal from the
Council recommended by Governor Hunter, 61; Complaint against
from the Assembly, to Governor Hunter, 79, 80 : Answer of, to the
charges brought against him, 82; Referred to, 115, 124, 125, 130.
141 ; Removal of, from Council urged by Governor Hunter, 149, 150,
158; Referred to, by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 157; Further reference
to, 164, 169, 182; Dead, 216, 293.
Hallis, John, A West Jersey Proprietor, iii, 498. ,
Halsey, Jeremiah, x, 345.
Hallsey, Joseph, ii, 129, 326, 395.
Halstead, Josiah, x, 533.
Halstead, Timothy, Testimony relating to Elizabeth purchase, i, 504.
Hamans, William, vi, 177.
Hammel, Bryan, ix, 180, 181.
Hammell, John, iv, 98, 310.

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Hamilton, Andrew, Instructions to, i, 508; Notice of, 509, 513; Proprie
tor of East Jersey, 522; Appointed Deputy Governor of East Jersey,
541. — Signs as Proprietor, ii, 2; Named as one, 26; Letter from, to
William Dockwra, relative to private affairs, 27; Attest, 34; In
structions to, as Governor, from the East Jersey Proprietors in Lon
don, 84; Commissioned to be Governor of West Jersey, 87; Referred
to, 92, 93; Letter to, from William Dockwra, 101; Letters from, to
Governor Fletcher of New York, 105, 113, 115; Referred to, 107;
Signs as Proprietor, 113; Referred to, 122; Signs agreement. 146;
Signs address to the King, 147; Communication from the Proprietors
in England, announcing his dismissal as Governor, 176; Disburse
ments by, on account of East Jersey, 205; Petition of East Jersey
Proprietors that he be approved of as Governor, 249; Opinion of the
Attorney-General asked and given as to his eligibility to the office of
Governor, 250; Proprietors of West Jersey ask his appointment as
Governor, 257; Letter from, to Secretary Popple, relative to his ap
pointment as Governor of New Jersey, 258; Note on, 259; Order of
Council referring the approval of his appointment as Governor of
West Jersey to the Lords of Trade, 275 ; Commission to, as Agent of
the West Jersey Society, 299; Referred to, 303, 318; Letterfrom, to
the Secretary of State, 321; Referred to, 324, 328, 329, 330, 349-351,
336; Presides at the Monmouth County Court, 362, 366; Referred to,
36S ; Petition to the King, from the Council, aslcing that his authority
might be upheld, 369; The Proprietors of East and West Jersey ask
the Lords Justices to approve of his appointment as Governor, 374;
A petition to the same effect to the King from the Council and Rep
resentatives of West Jersey, 377; Referred to, 382, 385, 394, 400-402
413-428; Recommended by the Proprietors of West Jersey for Gov
ernor, 429; Objections to his appointment, by William Dockwra, 432;
Letter from, to the Proprietors in England, 437; Reply to these ob-
^ jections by Lewis Morris, 442; Referred to, 463, 464; Complained of
. to the Queen, by William Dockwra and Peter Sonmans. 466; Peti
tion of the Proprietors to the Queen, that he be appointed Governor,
469; Objections to him as Governor, from William Dockwra and
Peter Sonmans, to the Lords of Trade, 470; Reply of the Proprietors
of New Jersey to the complaint aforesaid, 475; Opposed by Colonel
Quarry, 479; Referred to, 482, 484, 536; Death of announced, 540.—
Favors the Quakers, iii, 13, 15; Referred to, 187, 233, 275, 276, 4S9—
iv, 414, 434— viii, Part I, 239, 249, 283.
Hamilton, Andrew (of Philadelphia), v, 101, 102.
Hamilton, Gustavus, ii, 120, 122.
Hamilton, John, Affidavit against Lord Cornbury, iii, 154; Proposed for
the Council, 299, 302, 498. — Recommended for the Council, iv, 62,
153, 154, 169, 170, 182; Notice of, 183; Member of Council, 2's3. 31!)',
334, 340, 363; Payments to, 370, 372; Referred to, 373, 394.— One
of Governor Burnet's Council, v, 3; Money paid to, 146; Commis-

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 81
sionerto try pirates, 197; Signs memorial, 801, 443; As President of
the Council of New Jersey, announces to the Lords of Trade the death
of President Anderson, and his own assumption of the government,
445; Letter to, from Secretary Popple, relative to vacancies in the
Council, 454; Referred to, 455, 456, 459-462; Letter from, to the
Duke of Newcastle, relative to the claims of Lewis Morris to the ad
ministration of the government, 467; Proclamation of, against Lewis
Morris, 469; Complaints of, against Lewis Morris, to the Lords of
Trade, 47S; Referred to, 479, 480; Reasons why he is rightfully en
titled to the government of New Jersey, 482; Observations of Lewis
Morris, on his reasons above mentioned, 492 — vi, 14, 15, 59; Com
plains to the Lords of Trade of certain proceedings of Governor
Morris, 09; Rankin the Council, 109; Autograph, 145; Letter from,
to the Lords of Trade, on the claim of Lewis Morris for salary while
striving to obtain the Presidency of New Jersey, 151 ; Reply to said
letter, 153; Instructions from, to John Lawrence, for running the
partition line between East and West Jersey, 154; Referred to, 352:
Assumes the Presidency, on the death of Governor Morris, 867-878 ;
Letter from, to the Council of New York, relative to the destruction
of the beacon on the Highlands of Neversink, 379; Referred to, 414;
In Council, 424; Letter to, from David Ogden, transmitting affidavits
respecting the riots, 426; Message of, to the House of Assembly, 435;
Letter to the Lords of Trade, written at the request of, 446 ; Letter
from, to Colonel Peter Schuyler, commander of New Jersey troops,
447; Death of announced, 462; Referred to, 473 — vii, 5, 6, 116, 139,
169, 174, 175, 213, 214, 217, 394, 396, 477— viii, Part I, 76, 79— ix, 7,
242.
Hamilton, Robert, ii, 896.
Hammond, Peter, vii, 326.
Hammond, William, ii, 194, 199, 25S; Signs the surrender of the govern
ment, 456-460.— Referred to, vii, 326.
Hampton, Andrew, ii, 129— iii, 479.
Hampton, Elizabeth, vii, 179 ; Affidavit of, relative to the riots at Newark
and Perth Amboy, 181; Referred to, 224.
Hampton, James, vi, 430, 431— vii, 219, 421.
Hampton, Jonathan, vii, 439— viii, Part II, 230— x, 362, 303, 367, 369, 588.
Hanbury, Mr., viii, Part II, 123.
Hancock, Francis, ii, 187-193, 198 ; Signs the surrender of the govern
ment, 456-460;. Asks that Andrew Hamilton be appointed Governor,
470. — Proprietor, iii, 314.
Hancock, Godfrey, i, 269.
Hancock, John, i, 437, 448, 529— iv, 98.
Hancock, Richard, i, 187, 284, 292, 414.
Hancock, William, i, 414— vi, 202, 246, 251— vii, 9S— viii, Part II, 150,
155, 233.
Hand, Elijah, x, 581.
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82 GENERAL INDEX
Hand, John, ii, 380— iii, 351, 352.
Hand, Shamgar, ii, 384.
Hankins, Jonathan, Deposition of, viii, Part 1, 41.
Hankison (Hanackson), Thomas, Presented by Monmouth County Grand
Jury, ii, 332; Signs petition, 396.
Hankson, Richard, ii, 396.
Ilanlock, Edward. See Hunloke.
Hanntngton, Samuel, ii, 461.
Hanoe, John, i, 128.
Hanton, John, i, 464, 465, 467, 468, 510, 511-513— ii, 32, 33.
Haracis, John, i, 268.
Harburt, Thomas, ii, 326.
Harcourt, Earl of, viii, Part I, 23.
Hardenbergh's, Patent, viii, Part I, 278.
Hardenbrook, Adolph, i, 49.
Harding, Thomas, i, 269, 288.
Hardinge, N., Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to division of
appropriation of Parliament, viii, Part II, 205.
Hardwiek, Lord, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, viii, Part I, 95— viii,
Part II, 188.
Hardy, Sir Charles, Governor of New York, Latter to, from the Lords of
Trade, recommending the appointment of a Commissioner to arrange
the boundary difficulties, viii, Part II, 129; Complimentary letter to,
from Governor Belcher, 141 ; From the same, relative to the bound
ary line, 142, 183, 207.
Hardy, Josiah, ix, 235; Appointment of, as Governor of New Jersey, ap
proved, 259 ; Commission of, approved in the Privy Council, 262 ;
Commission of, 270; Instructions, 274; Commission of, as Vice-
Admiral, 280; Named as a Commissioner for trying pirates, 283; In
structions for, approved by Privy Council, 285; Informs the Lords
"'' of Trade of his arrival in New Jersey, and asks to have the suspen
sion of Edward Antill confirmed, 316; Notice of, 316; Referred to,
843; Re-appoints Mr. Morris Chief-Justice, and Messrs, Nevill and
Saltar, second and third Justices, 345; Letter from, relative to the
duty on imported negroes, 347; Memorandum relative to the validity
of his appointment of Judges during good behavior, 349 ; His removal
asked for, 360; Letter from, relative to the declaration of war against
Spain, 363; Informs Secretary Pownall that the Commissions during
good behavior had been relinquished by the Judges ; also recommends
R. H. Morris for Chief-Justice, and announces the death of Andrew
Johnston, 364; Recommends Stephen Skinner to be appointed Treas
urer of New Jersey, 366; Informed of his removal from the Govern
orship, 374; Announces to the Lords of Trade the appointment of
Anthony White, as Judge of the Admiralty, in room of Lewis Morris,
1 deceased, 377; Acknowledges the letter announcing his removal, 379;
Opinion of the Attorney-General as to his appointments, 380 ; In~

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 83
closes acts and papers to the Lords of Trade, 382; Referred to
387, 459.
Harford, Lord, ix, 9, 15.
Hargue, William, i, 394.
Hariott, David, iv, 98, 99.
Harkent, Daniel, ii, 826, 327.
Harker, Captain Samuel, ix, 184.
Harmenson, Downs, i, 49.
Harmer, James P., ix, 18.
Harper, Alexander, iv, 185, 363.
Harriman, John, x, 718.
Harriman, John, Jr., ii, 129, 327, 395.
Harriman, Joseph, x, 717.
Harriman, Richard, x, 717.
Harrington, Henry, ii, 43-61, 65-73, 79.
Harris, Daniel, i, 50.
Harris, Elizabeth, ii, 46.
Harris, Ephraim, x, 531.
Harris, Samuel, x, 717.
Harris, Stephen, iv, 310.
Harrison, Amos, vi, 351 — vii, 458.
Harrison, Benjamin, x, 530.
Harrison, Daniel, ii, 336— vi, 149, 402— viii, Part I, 214, 215.
Harrison, Edmund, ii, 41-61, 65-73, 76, 78, 87, 88, 90, 91, 95, 99.
Harrison, Edward, iv, 9.
Harrison, Francis, Member of the New York Council, v, 2; Letterfrom,
relative to carrying copper ore from New Jersey to Holland, 7; Com
missioner to try pirates, 197; Referred to, 350, 396, 397, 409.
Harrison, Jake, x, 718.
Harrison, James, Deputed by Governor Penn to go to East Jersey, i, 395;
Appointed a Commissioner to treat with West Jersey, 415, 419.
Harrison, John, Proposed for the Council, iii, 95; Referred to, 154; Pro
posed a3 a member of Lord Lovelace's Council, 299, 302, 309; Peter
Sonman's memorial against, 300; Superseded by Lewis Morris in
Lord Lovelace's Council, 339; Moneys paid by, to the Receiver-Gen
eral, 351; Referred to, 429, 430, 443, 458, 459, 460— iv, 10, 98, 102,
253; Referred to by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 157; Payments to, 371;
Referred to, 375, 377; Instructions to, relative to the boundary line,
891; Witness, 399; Referred to, 417, 436— v, 146— vi, 147, 350, 352
— vii, 457.
Harrison, John, Daputy Surveyor, viii, Part I, 207; Sent to examine
what branches might be between the Delaware and Susquehanna,
241, 252, 253.
Harrison, Joseph, ii, 336.
Harrison, Richard, Signs the Surrender of the Government, ii, 456, 460;
Asks that Andrew Hamilton be appointed Governor, 470.

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Harrison, Sarah, iv, 109.
Harrison, Samuel, ii, 336, 339— iv, 108, 109— vi, 346, 350, 361, 865— vii,
64, 74, 430.
Harrison, William, iv, 9 — x, 2.26.
Harsh, Henry, ii, 396.
Hart, Edward, Raises troops for the expedition to Canada, vi, 371-376
—x, 269.
Hart, John, of Hunterdon County, x, 269.
Hart, Moses, x, 273.
Hart, Thomas, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 360, 873, 383, 412, 424, 433,
434, 437, 442, 446, 451, 454, 457, 460, 402, 474, 483, 483, 490, 499,
500, 504, 528— ii, 26, 149, 164, 165, 171, 177, 186-193, 198, 213, 257,
263, 270, 376, 408, 410, 437, 470— iii, 314, 315, 48S— x, 131.
Hartshome, Hugh, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 306, 374, 383, 412, 528
—viii, Part II, 39, 230, 232.
Hartshome, Richard, i, 88, 143; Instructions to, as one of the Commis
sioners in West Jersey, appointed by William Penn and others, 219;
Letter to, from the Proprietors of West Jersey, 227; Referred to,
292; Elected Deputy for Assembly, 307.— Referred to, ii, 101; Dis
orders in New Jersey, 327; Note on, 829; Signs petition, 396; Nomi
nated for Council, 487. — Contributes to Cornbury Fund, iii, 212;
Referred to, 479, 482, 483— iv, 111, 285, 318.
Hartshome, Robert, In charge of beacon on Navesink Highlands, vi,
374. — A ffirmation respecting John Coxe, vii, 541.
Hartshome, Thomas, ii, 326.
Hartshome, William, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii,
213.
Harvard College, vii, IIS.
Hasell (Haswell), Richard, Signs the surrender of the Government, ii,
456-460; Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamilton for Governor,
^470.
Haselwood, George, i, 269.
Hasenclever, Peter, Petition of, to be allowed to purchase lands, ix, 583 ;
Notice of, 583.
Haskoll (Haskell), John, Salary as Doorkeeper of the Council, iv, 369 — v,
55, 56, 135, 137, 141, 145.
Hatfield (Hettfield), Abraham, ii, 129, 334, 339— iii, 496.
Hatfield, Abner, x, 463, 512, 551, 552, 558.
Hatfield (Hetfield), Cornelius, ii, 129, 325, 334.
Hatfield (Hetfield), Isaac, ii, 326, 334, 339— iii, 496.
Hatfield (Heathfield), Matthias, i, 50, 65— vii, 223, 651.
Hathaway, Silas, x, 718.
Hats. See Felt Makers' Company.
Hatter, Benjamin, ii, 129.
Hatton, John, Collector of Salem, x, 53, 205; Arrest of, 207; Complains
to Governor Franklin of the action of the Justices of Cape Mav, 209

NEW JERSEY' COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 85
215; Opinion of the Attorney-General thereupon, 218, 217; Com
plaints of. to the Commissioners of Customs at Boston, 218; Com
plaint of. with papers, sent to the Earl of Hillsborough, 275, 276, 304,
305; Referred to, 314.
Hanse, John, i, S3, 307.
Havens, John, i, 51.'
Hawk, Sir Edward, viii, Part II, 131.
Hawke, Admiral, ix, 210.
Hawker, Captain James, ix, 511 ; Letter from, to Governor Franklin, re
specting stamps for New Jersey, 513: Answer thereto, 514; Referred
to, 515.
Hawles, Sir John. Solicitor-General, ii, 138; Consulted as to East Jersey
ports, 174; His reply, 177.
Hayes, Thomas, ii, 336, 389.
Hayes, William, Affidavit of, in relation to the taking of New York by
the Dutch, i, 152.
Hayle, Samuel, i, 66, 71, 82.
Haynes, John, i, 50.
Haynes, Joseph, vii, 321, 322, 3.26.
Hay ward, Daniel, x, 718.
Hayward, Nicholas, ii, 41-61, 65-73, 76, 78.
Hazard, Mr., viii, Part I, 95.
Hazen, Colonel, ix, 339.
Headley, Levand, i, 50.
Heard, John, iii, 446.
Heard, Captain John, vii, 231, 232, 282, 283.
Heard, Nathaniel, x, 719, 720.
Hearn, Nathaniel, x, 588.
Heathcote, Caleb, iii, 64; Recommended as Governor of New Jersey,
284— Referred to, iv, 340.
Heathcote, George, i, 316, 318— ii, 80.
Heathcote, Sir Gilbert, iii, 284.
Heathfield, Hethfield. Hetfield. See Hatfield.
Heaton, Gideon, x, 531.
Hedden, Aaron, x, 718.
Hedge (Hedges), Samuel, Surveyor-General of West Jersey, i, 193, 269,
275, 284, 373, 413, 414, 508— ii, 146, 380.
Hegeman, Adrian, His son breaks the goal at Perth Amboy, viii, Part I,
50, 51.
Hegemen, Dollings, vi, 455, 465— vii, 64, 206, 456— viii, Part I, 50, 51.
Helme, Israel, i, 182.
Helmighsen, Roelof, ii, 326.
Helmsby, Joseph, i, 239, 241, 271, 291— iii, 221.
Hemingway, Robert, Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, iii, 486, 487.
Hemp, The production of, iv, 286.— Bounties upon, ix, 405, 490.
Henderson, Jacob, Representation by, of the state of the Church, iv, 155;

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Governor Hunter's account of him in a letter to John Chamberlayne,
158; Remarks on his representations, 161 ; Letter to, from the Clergy
of New York and New Jersey, disapproving of his course toward the
Council of New Jersey, 173; Referred to, 174.
Henderson, Michael, Ensign, ix, 187.
Hendricks, Abraham, vii, 421-424.
Hendricks, Isaac, vii, 422.
Hendricks, William, ii, 363.
Hendrickse, Daniel, iii, 356.
Hendrickse, Jacob, ii, 328.
Hendriekson, Daniel, ii, 326, 366— x, COO.
Hendrixson, Jacob, iv, 113.
Hendriekson, John, i, 114 — vii, 377.
Hendriekson, Kend., ii, 396.
Hendriekson, Peter, i, 114.
Henley, Robert, Commissioner of Customs, ii, 168, 1<9.
Hennion, Henry, x, 718.
Henry, Patrick, x, 530.
Herber, Thomas, x, 352.
Herbert, Walter, ii, 326.
Heritage, Richard, ii, 148.
Herman, Augustine, i, 17, 204.
Herman, Casp., i, 268.
Herman, Ephraim, i, 276, 281, 283.
Heme, John, ii, 397.
Heron, Joseph, ii, 239, 240.
Herring, John, viii, Part I, 220, 227, 228; Affidavit of, against Thomas
Dekey and sons, 282.
Herresons, Peter, i, 288.
Hertford, Countess of, viii, Part I, 85.
Hester, Case of the ship, ii, 245, 255, 259, £03, 311, 341, 367, 898— iii,
478.
Hetfield, and Hethfield. See Hatfield.
Heulings, William, i, 268— iii, 164.
Hewes, Joseph, x, 530.
Hewes, William, i, 414.
Hewght, Abner, ii, 368.
Hewett, David, iv, 10.
Hewitt, Thomas, ii, 382.
Hewlings, Abraham, iv, 147 — x, 15, 17, 139, 858.
Hewling, Jacob, iv, 147; Expelled from the Assembly, 292; Signs, 809.
Hewlings, William, x, 15, 17.
Hews, Richard, i, 177.
Heyndrotch, ii, 327.
Heysen, Peter, i, 1.
Heywood, John, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 366, 374, 383, 413. 529

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. ST
Heywood, Thois&s, i, 339.
Hiekey, Israel, vii. 427.
Hk-ks, Isaac, One of the Commissioners to run partition line. ir. rs:;_ GO <
429, 435— viii, Part I, .239, 2W.
Hicks, Jasper, ii, 417.
Hieekens, Roger. I, 414.
Hieston, Obadi^h. Salary as Sergeact-at- Arras, iv, :?G9. 371.
Higgins, Jediah, ii, 326— iv. 9, 15, S3.
Higgins, Jedtdiah. ii, 396 — iii, 453. 453, 4S4.
Biggins, John, x. 711.
HIggins (HLrger.5>. Thomas, ii, 316, 328, 396— iii. 48«v 437.
Hiler, Jaecb. x, 713.
Hiler, John, x. 713.
Hiler, Nicholas, s, 713.
Hiler, Peter. Jr., x, 71 S.
Hiler, Philip, x, 718.
Hill, Abraham, ii, 129.
Hill, Riehard. Member of the Pennsylvania Council, iv. 3&S— vii, 543.
HO], Secretary Thomas. Letter from, to Mr. Fane, relative to two acts of
she New Jersey Assembly, vi, 150.
Hill, Thongs, v, 132, 134. 136.
HI1L William, ii, 327.
Hillsborouch, T>.-i of, Secretary of State for the Southern Department,
is, 342 — x, 10; Writes to Governor Franklin, relative to providing
quarters for the Bang's troops, 12: Letterfrom, relative to the Mas
sachusetts Assembly circular, 14, 45; Instructs the Governors of
America hew to transmit duplicates, 35; Cautions the Governors in
America in regard to letters received from the King's Secretaries of
State, -57: In relation to the Massachusetts Assembly circular, 58;
In relation to lie bill for issuing £100,000, and the unwarrantable
proceedings of the Assembly in connection therewith, 60; Governor
Franklin defends himself against the censures of. 72 ; Writes to Gov
ernor Fraakiin, relative to the bill for issuing £100,000, 103: In
forms the Colonial Governors that the King has no design to tax
America for purposes of revenue, 109: Announces the appointment
of Corrlaadr (Stephen) Skinner as a member of Council, 139: Corrects
his error in regaid to the Christian name of ilr. Skinner, 147: Com-
pHnienrs Governor Franklin and the Council of New Jersey, lft>;
Transmits to Governor Franklin two orders of the Council, 213; To
the saine, in regard to providing for the King's troops, 219 : To the
same, relative to the dispute with Sp.iic, the Indian trade, etc.. 274:
Letter from Governor Franklin, in relation to the complaint of John
Hatton. 275: Approves the conduct of Governor Franklin in the
matter of recruiting; the King's forces, 301; Writes to Governor
Franklin, relative to Mr. Hations complaint and the obsHnacy of
the Assembly in refusing to provide for the King7? troops, 304; Ap-

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proves Governor Franklin's position in regard to the resignation of
a member of the Assembly, 318 ; Writes to Governor Franklin, rela
tive to arrears due to the troops, 323 ; To the same, in relation to the
dispute with the Assembly, and the salary of the Chief-Justice, 361;
To the same, in relation to a writ for the election of a new member
of Assembly for Essex County, 874.
Hinchman, James, vii, 99.
Hinchman, John, x, 15, 17, 458, 697.
Hinclcman, John, v, 211.
Hind, John, ii, 46, 62.
Hindes, James, x, 718.
Hindes. John, ii, 327, 397.
Hindse, Joseph, ii, 390.
Hinney, John, iii, 306.
Hite, John, vii, 612, 614, 619-622.— Deposition of, viii, Part I, 40.
Hodgson, General, ix, 277.
Hoff, Charles, x, 717.
Hoff, Garrett, x, 717.
Hoff, John, x, 717.
Hoff, Joseph, x, 717.
Hoffman, Christian, x, 717.
Hoge, William, ii, 332.
Hogelandt, Henry, vi, 456, 465, 469.
Hogg Island, v, 42, 44.
Hogg. John, Recommended for Council of Governor Hunter, iii, 498.
Hoghtelin, Johannes, vi, 167.
Hoits, Obadiah, i, 128.
Holburn, Admiral, viii, Part II, 249; To command the fleet in American
waters, 251.
Holdernesse, Earl of, viii, Part I, 23; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade,
32 ; Referred to, 92 ; Removes the embargo upon corn, Part II, 248.
Holfcs, Thomas, Jr., Sheriff of Burlington County, iv, 142.
Holland, Captain, v, 54.
Holland, Ferdinando, Signs the surrender of the Government, ii, 456—
460.
Holland, Samuel, ix, 582, 591, 624, 631, 632— x, 518, 599, 660.
Holland, Mr., viii, Part I, 94.
Hollander's Creek Island, v, 42, 44, 45.
Hollenkous, Philip, x, 718.
Holies, Joseph, Opinion of, on Elizabethtown Patent, i, 271.
Hollingshead, John, ii, 148.
Hollingshead, Joseph, viii, Part II, 40, 154, 229, 230.
Hollingshead, Mr., ix, 338.
Hollingsworth, John, iv, 113.
Hollis, John, ii, 470.
Holme, John, ii, 146, 384, 486, 488.

STEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 89
Holme, Thomas, i, 373.
Holmes, Abijah. x, 531.
Holmes, James, Member of the Assembly, viii, Part II, 94; Warrants to,
152, 153, 234.
Holmes, Jonathan, i, 307.
Holmes, Joseph, x, 717.
Holmes, Josiah. x. 600, 607.
Holmes, Obadiah, i. 44, SS— ii, 363, 384, 396, 486.
Holmes, Thomas, i, 894 ; Appointed a Commissioner to go to East Jersey,
by Governor Penn, 395 ; Commissioner to treat with West Jersey,
415, 419.
Holt, Joseph, Opinion of, On Elizabethtown Patent, i, 271.
Homan, Benjamin, i. 50.
Home, Archibald, Recommended for the Council, vi, 109 ; Appointed as
such, 127; Deceased, 237.
Honan and Handen's Patent, viii,Part I, 275.
Honblon, Peter, ii, 470.
Hood, Clawson, vi, 417.
Hooghteline, Johannes, viii, Part I, 212,
Hooglandt, D., iv, 190.
Hooglandt, Hendrick, vii, 449, 451 ; Indicted, 458 ; Referred to, 575,
577.
Hoolmann (Holman), Robert, 827, 396.
Hooper, Capt. James, v, 102.
Hooper, Robert Lettice, Nominated for Chief-Justice, v, 07 ; Money re
ceived of on account of Bills of Credit, 134 ; Money paid to, 147, 148,
150 ; Appointed Chief -Justice of New Jersey, 182; Referred to, 344,
374, 401, 402 ; Recommended for Council of New Jersey, 410, 454,
469. —Member of Council, vi, 14, 15; Died, 109, 127.— Affidavit of.
relative to the riots, vii, 447.— Referred to, ix, 215, 231, 339— x, 303,
Hooper, Robert, Recommended for the Council, ix, 127.
Hooper, William, x, 530.
Hoost, William, iv, 10.
Hooton, Thomas, i, 268.
Hopemyre, Samuel, ii, 332.
Hoper, Eobert, vii, 638.
Hopkins, Ebenezer, vii, 99— viii, Part I, 74; Part II, 229, 235.
Hopkins, Governor, Letter to from Governor Belcher relative to a Con
vention of the Commissioners for the several Colonies, viii, Part H,
167.
Hopkins, Mr., Magistrate in Rhode Island, vii, 69.
Hopkins, Samuel, i, 66, 121; Appointment by the Council of New
Netherlands as a civil officer and his acts as such, 129, 130, 139, 149,
152, 153; Note on, 152; Referred to, 300.
Hopkins, Stephen, x, 529.

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Hopkinson, Francis, x, 270; Recommended for the Council, 426; Notice
of, 426, 455.
Hopkinson, Thomas, vii, 130— ix, 622— x, 426.
Hoppe, Jost, Indicted, vii, 458.
Hopper, George, vi, 456, 465 — vii, 45S.
Hopper, John, vi, 465— vii, 458.
Hoppon, Jacob, x, 718.
Hornblower, Josiah, ix, 321.
Horner, John, Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, iii, 486, 487. — Referred
to, vii, 620. 621.
Horseneck, Controversy concerning the lands at, vi, 354. — Riots at, vii,
364, 368, 370.
Horsley, Charles, i, 17.
Horsemanden, Daniel, v, 323 — ix, 178, 283 — x, 375 ; Notice of, 377.
Horton, John, iii, 165.
ITortOn. William, iii, 165.
Hoshell, Michael, x, 531.
Hoskins, Robert, i, 289.
Hossett, Gillis, i, 1.
Houdon (Howdon, Hardou), Michael, Surrenders the Government of
East Jersey, ii, 387; Signs the surrender, 456-460; Objected to as a
member of Council, 488.
Houghton, Joab, x, 273 .
Houlings (Hewlings), Abraham, Signer of bills of credit, viii, Part II, 40,
154, 155, 229.
House of Representatives, See New Jersey.
Houston, Alexander, ix, 625.
Houthout, Fabius, i, 51.
How, John, vii, 533.
Howard, Charles, ix, 621.
Howard, Hannah, ii, 470.
Howard, Hiram, x, 718.
Howard, William, x, 718.
Howett, Randle, i, 17.
Hoyle, John, Opinion of, on Elizabethtown Patent, i, 271.
Hubbell, Nathaniel, Lieutenant, ix, 185.
Hubbert, James, i, 150.
Hucbings, Roger, iv, 113.
Hudd, James, Jr., Surrogate, ix, 360.
Hud (Hude, Hudd), Adam, iii, 424, 447; High Sheriff of Middlesex and
Somerset, affidavit of, respecting the proceedings of Peter Sonmans,
457.— Referred to, iv, 10, 88, 89, 186, 303, 334, 375, 377.
Hude, James, v, 443. — Recommended for the Council, vi, 238; Notice of,
233; Recommended by the Lords of Trade, 237; Member of Council,
867-378— vii, 5; Member of Governor Belcher's Council, 6, 11, 98,
102; Referred to, 127; Autograph, 184; Unites in a communication

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 91
from the Council to Governor Belcher, 188; Also in an address to the
,t King, 191; Signs, 237, 455; In Council, 335, 541; Referred to, 504.
618— viii, Part I, 43, 103, 107-ix, 5, 22; Member of Council, 274;
Named as one of the Commissioners for trying pirates '283- Death
of, 386; Referred to, 394.
Hude, Robert, vi, 465, 466.
Huddy, Charles, iv, 344, 345.
Huddy (Hoddy), Hugh, Proposed for the Council, iii, 95, 2S9, 802, 340:
Appointed a member of Council, 317; Referred to, 357; Signs, 478.
—Member of Governor Hunter's Council, iv, 2, 19; Referred to, 41,
42, 48, 61, 75, 99; Obtains a patent for carriages, 129; Referred to,
130, 132, 141, 153; By Jacob Henderson, 157; Further reference to,
164, 296; Dead, 326, 331, 363; Money paid to, 369, 372; Referred
to, 374.
Hudson, Peter, ii, 470.
Hugg, John, ii, 148 ; Appointed a member of the Council by Governor
Hunter, iv, 363, 373, 375.— Member of Governor Burnett's Council,
v, 3; Money paid to, 137, 141; Commissioned to try pirates. 197;
Dead, 293; Notice of, 293..
Hugg, John, Jr., ii, 148.
Hughes, Humphrey, v, 133, 137, 141.
Hughes, John, ix, 516, 51b.
Hughes, William, i, 369.
Hughes,  , x, 206, 210, 212, 277, 279.
Huit, Joseph, i, 51.
Hulet, George, contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, hi, 213. 214.
Hull, Benia, ii, 326.
Hull, Benjamin, ii, 826, 395. — Meetings at his house, iii, 198; Contribu
tions to the supposed Combury Fund, 200; Petition of against said
Fund, 205; Referred to, 209, 218— iv, 189.
Hull, Hopewell, iv, 188.
Hull, Joseph, x, 718.
Hull', Robert, x. 502.
Hull, Samuel, ii, 397.
Hullett, George, i, 51.
Hulmes, Jonathan, i, 134.
Humbly, Peter, iv, 344, 345.
Hume, Lord, viii, Part I, 93.
Humphreys, Charles, x, 529.
Humphreys (Humphries), Joshua, ii, 148 — iii, 165 — iv, 152, 27S.
Hungerford, Ducie, Deposition of, relative to the seizure of a vessel at
Perth Amboy, ii, 288, 243 ; Referred to, 245, 247, 255.
Hunloke (Hunlock), Edward, ii, 41, 146, 147, 380 ; Recommended to be
one of the Council, 417, 429, 486, 488 ; Referred to, 481 ; Remarks
concerning, 502 ; Appointed member of the Council, 507. — Dead, iii,
1, 47, 78.

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Hunloke, Thomas, v, 132, 184, 136, 138, 1S7.
Hunt, Abraham, x, 202, 471, 588. ,?
Hunt, Enoch, Ensign, ix, 187.
Hunt, Mansfield, vii, 433, 442.
Hunt, Ralph, ii, 384.
Hunt, Samuel, Major, ix, 184, 186.
Hunt, Wilson, viii, Part II, 229, 235.
Hunt,  , iv, 299.
Hunter, Andrew, x, 845.
Hunter, Dam'd, iv, 263.
Hunter, Robert, i, 19 — iii, 497. — Governor of New Jersey, Instructions to,
iv, 1, 2; His arrival in New York, 6; Letter from, to Lord Dart
mouth relative to Lady Lovelace, 10; Notice of, 11; Letterfrom, to
the Lords of Trade, respecting an intended meeting of the New
Jersey Assembly, 11 ; To the same, respecting the place of meeting of
the Assembly, 16; Address of the Council to, 17; Representation of
the Assembly to, relative to the administration of Lord Cornbury,
24; Letter from to the Commissioners of Customs relative to the
removal of the Collector at Perth Amboy, 49; Communication from,
to the Lords of Trade, with documents, referring to affairs in East
Jersey, 51; Recommends John Kiel for Surveyor-General of New
Jersey, 78; Complaint of the Assembly of New Jersey to, against
William Hall, 79; Memorial of the same to, relative to the perversions
of justice in the courts of law, 87; Address to, from inhabitants of
Salem relative to taxes, 111 ; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade in reply
to his communication of May 7, 1711,113; Letter from to Captain Coy,
relative to dispatching troops to Albany, 135 ; Letter to, from Colonel
Farmer, relative to supplies for troops, 135; Letter from, to Colonel
Cox relative to discharging volunteers, 136; Letter from, to Secretary
St. John, relative to New Jersey affairs, 137; Letter from, to Jere
miah Basse, relative to Supreme Court Judges, 139; From, to the
' same, relative to swearing officers, 141 ; Letter to, from J. Basse,
relative to survey, 142; Letter to, from Thomas Gardner, complain
ing of Jeremiah Basse, 144; Letter to, from Basse concerning Thomas
Gardner. 148; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to changes
in New Jersey Council, 149; Asks the action of the Lords of Trade
in relation to the New Jersey Council, 151 ; Remarks upon his con
duct by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 155, 156; Letter from, to Magistrates
of Gloucester County commending them, 158; His account of the
Rev. Jacob Henderson, 158; Letterfrom, to J. Basse respecting the
seizure of a shallop at Gloucester, 159; Letter from, to Colonel
Gookin, Governor of Pennsylvania, complaining of his proceedings,
160; Referred to, 163; Letters from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to
New Jersey affairs, 171, 174; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade,
relative to the Council of New Jersey, 182; Letter from, to Attorney-
General Griffith, relative to delinquent taxpayers, 184; Salary, 185;

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 93
Letters from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey affairs, 195.
206, 210, 213; New commission issued to, 202; Letter to Secretary
Popple relative to support of the Government of New Jersey, 211 ;
Acknowledges the receipt of his commission, 215; Letter from, to
Secretary Popple relating to certain appointments by the Bishop of
London, 218; Letter from, respecting certain proceedings of Rev. Mr.
Vesey, 219; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to certain
acts of the New Jersey Assembly, 221; Letter from to Secretary
Popple relating to Rev. Mr. Talbot and Rev. Mr. Vesey, 228; Letters
to, from the Lords of Trade relative to New Jersey matters, 227;
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the same, 230; Letter
from, to Secretary Popple, enclosing two Quaker speeches relating to
Mr. Coxe, 242; Speech of, to the Assembly of New Jersey, 249;
Address to, from the Assembly, relating to the expelling of their
Governor, 250 ; Letter from, to the agent for New York in London,
254; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relating to New Jersey
affairs, 255; Letter from, to Secretary Popple, relating to Mr. Coxe
and others, 258; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to
proceedings of Mr. Coxe, 200; Letterfrom Samuel Bustall, against,
262; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to dissolving the
Assembly, 264; Speech of, to the Assembly, 267; Address of the
Assembly to, 268; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, 273; Referred
to, 282: Letters to, from George Willocks and Rev. John Talbol,
290, 291; Letterfrom, to the Lords of Trade, with acts of the New
Jersey Assembly, 291; Letters from, to Secretary Popple, 294, 295,
297; Address of the House of Representatives of New Jersey to,
303; Answer to the same, 304; Letter from, to Secretary Popple,
enclosing a minute of the Council, 305; Complaint against, 306;
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, 311; Letter from, to Mr.
Phillips, in answer to the charges against him, 312;. Letter from, to
Secretary Popple, recommending these Councillors to fill vacancies,
326; The King satisfied with his conduct, 327; Warrant to use a new
seal for New Jersey, 832; Letter from, to Secretary Popple, relative
to vacancies in the Council, 333 ; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade,
concerning his various communications. 835; Named as one of the
Commissioners for trying pirates, 339; Letterfrom, to the Lords of
Trade, relating to New Jersey affairs, 363; Message and Speech to
the New Jersey Assembly, 364, 365; Salary, 368, 369, 371; Letter
from, to the Lords of Trade, relating to the old seal, 378; Letter to,
from the Lords of Trade, relative to the members of the Council,
374; Letter to Secretary Popple, relative to the same, 376; Letter
from, to the Lords of Trade, transmitting papers, 386; Letterfrom,
to Secretary Popple, announcing his intention to return to England,
387: Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Council, relative to his de
parture, 393 ; Answer of to queries relating to New Jersey, 449.— Re
ferred to, v, 1, 10, 32, 14, 53, 54; Letter to, from James Alexander,

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55; Referred to, 113; Letters from, to James Alexander, 179, 187,
261; Referred to, 198, 338, 844, 350; Letter to, from James Alexan
der, relative to Governor Cosby, 359; Referred to, 374, 477, 495— vi,
71.— On the boundaries between New York and New Jersey, viii,
Part I, 132, 133, 137, 142, 148, 149, 187, 233.— Referred to, x, 225.
Hunter, Samuel, iii, 858.
Hunter, Thomas Orby, vi, 77.
Hunterdon County, iv, 368, 869— v, 12, 13, 61, 73, 83, 84, 132, 133.—
Riot in, vii, 38.2.— Money received from Collector, viii, Part I, 66-68;
From Commissioners, 71, 74. — Assemblymen of, instructed to oppose
the quartering of troops in the provinces, x, 269.
Huntington, Lady, viii, Part I, 85; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, 87.
Huntingdon, Samuel, ii, 336.
Hutchings, Sarah, i, 186.
Hutchinson, George, i, 242, 270, 522, 523.
Hutchinson, Thomas, i, 241.
Hutchinson, Thomas, ix, 390.
Hyde, John, ii, 47.
Hyde, Lord, i, 353.
Hyler, Peter, x, 718. I.
Idiots, Gsvernors of Colonies authorized to issue commissions for the
care and custody of, x, 370 ; Governor Franklin in relation to, 382.
Ike, Philip, vi, 455 — vii. 458.
Dnes, Abner, ii, 897.
Ilslee, John, iii, 446.
Ilslee, Jonathan, iii, 446.
Ilsley, William, iv, 186, 188.
Indiana, Died from for Elizabethtown Grant, i, 15 ; Murders by at Mat-
iniconck Island, 72, 76 ; Governor Lovelace to Mr. Tom, relative to,
-"74 ; The same, to Capt. Carr, relative to, 79 ; Conference between,
and the Council of New Netherlands, 131 ; Letter to Capt. Cantwell,
relative to, 179, 181; Conference with, 182; Proceedings of Council,
relative to, 458. — Attempt to defraud them of their land, iv, 276,
2S5. — Friendly to the inhabitants, v, 22; Method of protection
against, 107, 112. — Act regulating the purchase of lands from, vi,
142; Grants from, referred to, 339, 341; Expedition against, 369 ;
Opinions respecting purchases from, 420. — Deeds from, referred to,
vii, 31, 37, 49, 83; Proposed conferences with, 135, 596 ; Number of
in New Jersey, 245; The Six Nations of, 582; Missionary to be sent
among, 597. — Proposed interview with the Six Nations, viii, Part, I,
156; Number of in New Jersey, 158, 163, 174; Imprisonment of in
Pennsylvania, 191. — Conflict with on the Delaware, ix, 117; Plan for
protection against, proposed by the Quakers, 118; Invasion of, 120 ;
Message from Governor Bernard to the Minisinks, 125 ; Deputation
of to Governor Bernard, 128; Conferences held with at Easton, 139 ;

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 95
Peace concluded with, 160. 164 ; Trade with them recommended,
165; Co-operation of, 172: Town laid out for in Burlington Countv,
174; Settlements on the borders likely to interfere with, 321 ; John
Brainard appointed Superintendent of, at Brotherton, 355 ; Recom
mence hostilities in the back country, 391, 392; Proceedings with re
spect to repelling the hostilities of, 398; The Six Nations of, likely to
render aid that will end the war for the summer, 433; Col. Croghan,
negotiations with, 521 ; Complaints concerning the murdering of,
569; Outrages committed upon, 575 ; Murder of an Oneida Indian,
578.— Treaty with relative to boundary line between them and the
Northern Colonies, x, 55, 95; Commerce with, 222 ; Complaints of,
241; Trade with, 275 ; Number of in New Jersey, 447.
Indian, Peter, vi, 407.
Ineth, John, iv, 310.
Ingersoll, Jared, ix, 582, 591, 025, 631, 632.
Inians, John, ii, IS.
Inglis, Charles, x, 313.
Ingoldsby, Richard, iii, 64; Letter from, to Lord Cornbury, 67; Reply to
the same reprimanding him, 68; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade,
complaining of Lord Cornbury's treatment of him, 109; Commission
as Lieutenant-Governor of New York revoked, and appointod one of
the Council of New Jersey, 145, 146, 340; Affidavit of, relating to
the arbitrary proceedings of Lord Cornbury, 150; Referred to, 160,
181, 231; Notice of, 290; Proposed as a member of Lord Lovelace's
Council, 299; Signs addresses, 367, 373, 415; Resentment of the
Assembly to him, 371; Defence of, 372, 401; Orders, as Lieutenant-
Governor, Peter Sonmans' answer to the Assembly to be printed, 460;
Latters'from. to the Lords of Trade, relativeto New Jersey affairs, 460 ,
487; The validity of his commission of Lieutenant-Governor referred
to the Queen, 469 ; Representation from, to the Queen, relative to the
Quakers, 470; His commission revoked, 474. — Referred to, iv, 10, 56,
57, 66, 129, 130, 230, 234.
Innes, Alexander, iv, 174; Certificates from, sustaining the character of
Thomas Gordon, 177; And of Colonel John Anderson, 178.
Inness, Robert, Presented by Monmouth Grand Jury, ii, 332.
Insolvent Laws, x, 236.
Ipan Kickan, Indian Chief, i. 1S2.
Iron, Memorial relative to the production of, iv, 286. — Encouraging th e
making of, vi, 140. — The importation of, vii, 554, 557-570. — Account
of the quantity imported into England from the Colonies, between
Christmas, 1749, to Christmas, 1752, viii, Part I, 118, 119; In Morris
and Sussex Counties, Part II, 79.— Peter Hansenclever & Co.'s works
for the manufacture of, ix, 583. — Number of furnaces, etc.,. in New
Jersey, x, 31.
Irwin, John, ii, 76, 79 (See Jurin).
Islands in the Delaware, See Delaware.

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J.
Jaborowsky, Alberdt, ii, 327.
Jackson, Daniel, x, 718.
Jackson, Edward, x, 717.
Jackson, J,, x, 717.
Jackson, Richard, Report of, on certain acts of the New Jersey Legisla
ture, x, 233, 365, 369, 508, 701.
Jackson, Stephen, x, 717.
Jacobs, Henry, x, 510.
Jacobs, Thomas, iv, 85.
Jacobse (Jacobs), Hendrick, i, 286; Petition in favor of, as tenant in
possession of Matiniconck Island, 287.
Jacobse, Lymar, i, 151.
Jacobson, Grnna, i, 270.
Jacobus, Abraham, x, 718.
Jacobus, James, x, 718.
Jacobus, Brant, x, 718.
Jacobus, Cornelius A., x, 717, 718.
Jacobus, Hendrick, vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Jacquet, Jean Paul, Repossessed of lands taken from him, i, 117, 189;
Justice of New Castle, 190, 195, 201, 203; His complaint against
John Fenwicke, 235, 236; Letter from, to Fenwicke, 281.
James, Duke of York, Patent to, for New Jersey, i, 3 ; Lease from, to
John, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, for New Jersey, 8 ;
Release for the same to the same, 10; Letter from, to Governor
Lovelace, confirming his grant to Berkeley and Carteret, 97; Lease
from, to Sir George Carteret for the northern half of New Jersey,
161; Release from, to the same, for New Jersey, 163; Grant to Will
iam Penn and his associates for West Jersey, 324; Release from, to
Sir George Carteret (grandson and heir of the original Proprietor)
for East Jersey, 337; Release from, to the twenty-four Proprietors,
883; Letterfrom, to Governor Dongan, 475.
James, Richard, ii, 326, 396— iii, 213.
Jamison, David, ii, 114; Notice of, 114, 115. — Appointed Chief Justice,
iv, 70, 131, 140; Recommended for the Council, 217, 227; Indict
ment of, 236; Referred to, 266; Salary, 185, 868, 369, 371.— Referred
to, v, 77, 135, 139, 143, 344, 374.
Jan, Gerrard, ii, 326.
Janqueno, i, 1.
Jansen, Aert, i, 26S.
Jansen, Pieter, i, 49.
Jaques, Henry, Jr., i, 50.
Jarbowsky, Jackor, ii, 327.
Jarratt, Allane, One of the Commissioners to run the partition line, iv,
383, 390, 394; Petition of, respecting the line between New York

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and New Jersey, 403; Report of New York Council on his petition,
406, 409; Letter from Peter Schuyler relating to. 431.— Referred to.
vi, 146-148, 170.— New York Surveyor, viii, Part 1, 172; Petition of
to a Committee of the Colony of New York, 173; Petition to Presi
dent Schuyler, 233; Report on the same, 235; Referred to, 240. 247.
253, 254, 258, 265, 277.
Jauncey, James, ix, 18.
Janson, Claas, i, 269.
Javis, Jabus, vii, 377.
Jaxon, John, i, 285.
Jay, John, x, 580, 691.
Jeans, Henry, i, iii.
Jeffers, Edward, vii, 213, 415, 417.
Jcffers, John, vi, 455, 465— vii, 458.
Jeffery, Richard, ix, 18.
Jeffreys, Sir George, i, 324, 345.
Jeffries (Jefferies), Edward, vi, 415.
Jeoffry, Andrew, i, 529.
Jegon, Peter, x, 515-517.
Jegon, Peter, i, 51, 111, 286, 288.
Jenings, John, ii, 397; Recommended for Council, 429.
Jenings, Henry, i, 269.
Jenkins, Griffin, A brief vindication of the purchasers against the Proprie
tors, in a Christian manner, vi, 266 ; Notice of, 288; Referred to,
311, 320, 322, 323.
Jenkins, Nathaniel, v, 133, 135, 141.
Jennings, James, x, 718.
Jennings, Samuel, i, 268 ; Governor of West -Jersey, 421 ; Memorial to
.from the people of Salem, 421; A Proprietor of West Jersey, 522,
528 — ii, 64, 65, 380 ; Recommended to be one of the Council, 417 ;
Objected to, 488 ; Remarks concerning, 502 ; Appointed member of
the Council, 507. — One of Lord Cornbury's Council, iii, 2, 65. 155 :*
Summoned by Lord Cornbury to show his authority to act as one of
the Council of West Jersey, 158 : Notice of, 158; Referred to, 160,
192, 194; One of the Council of Proprietors, 221 ; Complained against
by Lord Cornbury, 224, 226; Resolves to leave the Queen's Council,
235; Colonel Quarry's remarks concerning, 237; Referred to, 268,
269; Comments upon, by Colonel Quarry, 273; The Council's opinion
of him, 2H8, 365,1398, 406, 407, 409, 412-415.— Referred to, iv, 83-
35, 77, 78, 131.
Jesop, Jeremiah, ii, 339 — iii, 496.
Jewell, George, ii, 815, 335.
Jewell, John, ii, 209, 384, 486, 502.
Johnson, Abraham, ix, 251.
Johnson, Cornelius, vi, 455, 465 — vii, 458.
Johnson, Eliphalet, vii, 439; Affidavit of, relative to the riots, 441.
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Johnson, Everett, ii, 121.
Johnson, Ezekiel, vii, 434.
Johnson, Popp, i, 118.
Johnson (Johnstown), James, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 460, 499, 529.
Johnson, John, Affidavit of, relative to the riots in Essex County, vii,
432; Referred to, 028.
Johnson, Jonathan, x, 717.
Johnson, Joseph, ii, 330, 889.
Johnston, Andrew, v, 61, 155; Letter from, relative to Governor Mont
gomery. 183; Recommended for the Council, 317: Signs petition,
443. — Speaker of the Assembly, vi, 142; Instructions from, to John
Lawrence, for running the partition line between Bast and West
Jersey, 154; Recommended for the Council, 233; Notice of, 233;
Recommended by the Lords of Trade, 237; Pall-bearer of Governor
Morris, 808; Mayor of Perth Amboy, 467. — Member of Governor
Belcher's Council, vii, 5, 6, 11 ; Autograph of, 14, 184; In Council,
86, SS, 102; Referred to, IOS, 1C9; Unites with other members of
the Council in a communication to Governor Belcher, 188; Also
in an address to the King, 191; Referred to, 218; Signs, 287; Re
ferred to, 281; In Council, 335, 343; On the state cf the paper
currency, 357; Signs, 455; Referred to, 504, 644 — viii, Part I, 16 ;
Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the imprisonment
of Simon (Cornelius) Wyckoff, 37; Referred to, 88, 44, 46; Accounts
of, as Treasurer, 65, 76; In Council, 102; Salary, 106; Referred to,
.191; Bond of indemnity, 200; Referred to, 221, 232.— Ordered to
muster his troops, viii, Part II, 157; Account of, as Treasurer, 171;
Directions to, from Governor Belcher, 178, 182; Account ot, as
Treasurer for East Jersey. 223. — Referred to, ix, 274; Named as one
of the Commissioners for trying pirates, 283; Commissioner to pur
chase lands of the Indians, 350; Death of, 364, 366, 386, 394.— Re
ferred to, x, 422.
Johnston, David, iv, 41.
Johnston, Captain Heathcote, x, 711.
Johnston, John, viii, Part I, 239. — Signer of bills of credit, viii, Part II,
39 ; Member of Assembly, 94.
Jolinston, Colonel John, is, 184-187.
Johnston, Lewis, Commissioned to run the line between East and West
Jersey, vi, 352. — Agent for West Jersey Society, vii, 320. — Referred
to, viii, Part I, 200— Part II, 228, 270.— Recommended for Council,
ix, 127; Letter to, from George Otter, 337.
Johnston, Major-General Wdliam, Commander of the Colonial troops for
New England, New York and New Jersey, viii, Part II, 141,
143, 164.
Johnston, William, vii, 421, 424.
.Johnstone (Johnston, Johnson), Dr. John, ii, 336, 337; In relation to the
outrage committed in the Monmouth County Court House, 866;

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Surrenders the Government of East Jersey, 387; Recommended for
Council, 417; Signs the surrender of the Government, 456, 460;
Objected to as a member of Council, 488. — Proposed for the Council,
iii. 51; Referred to, 154; Affidavit of in support of the Assembly's
remonstrance. 207; Referred to, 262, 277; Complained of by Lord
Cornbury, 335; Referred to, 392, 403— iv, 12; Speaker of the
Assembly, 10. 20; Referred to, 39, 68, 10(3, 119; Notice of, 119, 121,
125, 127; Appointed Judge, 129; Referred to, 130, 131, 183, 377,
888, 390: One of the Commissioners for running the partition line,
394; Referred to, 406, 416, 435— v, 35, 56-01; Chosen Speaker of
the xlssembly, 02; Superseded as one of the New York Council, 70;
Money paid 'to, 150: Referred to, 179, 263, 288— ix, 185.
Johnstone (Johnston, Johnson), John, Jr., iv, 15; Appointed member of
Governor Hunter's Council, 863, 373. — One of Governor Burnet's
Council, v, 2, 3, 34; Money paid to, 146; Commissioner to try
pirates, 197; Signs memorial, 301.
Johnson, Lamb, ii, 896.
Johnson, Major, vi, 402.
Johnson, Nathaniel, vii, 48, 49.
Johnson, Oukie, vii, 424.
Johnson, Peter, x, 717.
Johnson, Richard, ii, 63 — iv, 870.
Johnson, Samuel, vii, 377, 606.
Johnson, Thomas, i, 142. 177, 806, 310, 320, 355— ii, 333, 334, 339,
302, 390.
Johnson, Thomas, Jr., x, 530.
Johnson, Thomas, Ensign, ix, 185.
Johnson, William, i, 50. 268, 413.
Johnson, William Gill, i, 118, 268, 414.
Johnson, Sir William, ix, 172, 178; Named as one of the Commissioners
for trying pirates, 283; Referred to, 522— x, 57, 112, 495.
Johnson, Wm. Samuel, Opinion of, in relation to the common lands in
Secaueus, ix, 454.
Jolly, John, vii, 130.
Jones, Abraham, x, 331.
Jones, Benjamin, iv, 113.
Jones, Cadwallader, ii, 119.
Jones, Ebenezer, Signs the Surrender of the Government, ii, 456-460;
Recommends Andrew Hamilton for Governor, 470.— Complaint
against Lord Cornbury, iii, 95.
Jones, Jeffrey, i, 50, 82, 84— ii, 111, 127— iii, 403-vi, 212-vii, 268.
Jones, John, iii, 165.
Jones, Nathaniel, Recommended by the Lords of Trade to be made Chief-
Justice of New Jersey, ix, 173; Referred to, 177, 210, 211; Proceed
ings of the Supreme Court in relation to his appointment, 214-218 ;
Dispute between Mm and R. H. Morris for the office of Chief -Justice,

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230, 235, 248; Memorial of, relative to his difficulties in New Jersey,
842; Remonstrance in favor of, 344.
Jones, R., ii, 30.
Jones, Robert, ix, 622.
Jones, Timothy, x, 345.
Jones, Sir William, Opinion of, in regard to duties demanded from the
inhabitants of West Jersey, i, 323; Referred to, 354.
Jones, Wm., i, 51, 65— ii, 826, 390.
Jonken, Lonbert, ii, 826.
Joomerijo, ii, 827.
Joyce, Henry, iv, 328.
Judges, Granting of commissions to during good behaviour, ix, SOS, 321;
Order in Privy Council relative to commissions to, 824, 329; Memor
andum relative to the validity of Governor Hardy's appointment of,
during good behaviour, 349 ; Appointments during good behaviour
relinquished by the Judges, 364; Opinion of the Attorney-General as
to the validity of their apppointments, 380.
Jurin, John, ii, 41-61, 65-73, 88, 92, 95; Signs the surrender of the gov
ernment, 456-460; Asked that Hamilton be appointed Governor, 470.
— Signs as a Proprietor, iii, 8S. K
Kay, John, ii, 380 — iii, 2, 21.— Speaker of the Assembly, iv, 184, 278 ;
Affirmation of, 283; Payments to, 370, 371 — v, 137.
Kean, Thomas M., x, 529.
Kearney, Michael, Treasurer of East Jersey, receipts and payments of, v,
142-151; Signs certificate, 155. — Recommended for Council, x, 132;
Refei-red to, 303.
Kearney, Philip, vi. 36S— vii, 108, 109, 150— ix, 16, 449; Letter to, from
David Ogden, relative to the resumption of business by the lawyers
^ under the Stamp Act, 531; Referred to, 303, 412, 414, 415, 711.
Keasbey, Edward, viii, Part II, 229, 235.
Kebble, John, Proposes to set up a manufacturer of pot-ashes in New
Jersey, iii, 304; Report of the Commissioners of Customs on his pro
position, 329; Notice of, 329; Petition of, 342, 343; Report on, 343;
Proposal of, for the manufacture of pot-ashes in New Jersey, 344,
346.
Keith, George, i, 480; Notice of, 517; Locating the 41st degree of north
latitude on Hudson's River, 520. — Reference to map of, ii, 10, 15, 16,
23, 33, 417— iv 412, 414, 424— vi, 155, 156— viii, Part I, 247— x, 426.
Keith, Sir William, Threatened by the Indians, v, 114: Letter from, to
the Lords of Trade, relative to certain manufactures in the Planta
tions, 203; Discourse on the state of the Plantations, 214; Letter to
from Thomas Lowndes, respecting the manufacture of pot and
pearl ashes in the Plantations, 245; Answer from, to the same 246-

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 101
Urged by Rev. William Skinner to apply for the Government of New
Jersey, 435; Applies for the same, 440; Notice of, 447; Memorial of,
relative to the necessity of separating the Government of New Jersey
frora that of New York, 450.
Kelly, Andrew, Affidavit of, relative to the riot at Perth Amboy, vi, 468.
Kelly, Isaac, s, 71S.
Kelly, William, Recommended for the Council of New Jersey, x, 182.
Kemble, Peter, viii, Part I, 43, 103, 107, 188.— Member of Council, ix,
274; Named as one of the Commissioners for trying pirates, 283;
Referred to, 511 — x, 561.
Kemble, Robert, i, 268.
Kendall, Thomas, i, 288/
Kennedy. Archibald, v, 197. — Named as one of the commissioners to try
pirates, ix, 283; Complaint of, relative to the common lands of Ber
gen, 459; Notice of, 460; Letter from Governor Franklin, relative to
his complaint, 461; State of facts concerning the same, 463; Letter
from William Bayard, relative thereto, 467, 471; Letter from John
Berrien, relative thereto, 470; Deposition of William Bayard, in the
same matter, 472; Reasons why his claim was not admitted, 474;
Writes to Governor Franklin, relative to the Stamp Act, 512; Re
ferred to, 641.
Kensey, John, i, 291.
Kent, Ely, vi, 851— vii, 457.
Kent, Helmer, x, 718.
Kent, Stephen, i, 128.
Kent, Thomas, i, 269.
Kent, William, i, 268.
Keppell, Commodore, ix, 277.
Kerpright, Mr., vii, 323, 824.
Ketchel, Samuel, vii, 32.
Keyse, John, ii, 317.
Kidd, Captain Robert, ii, 115, 284, 287, 362, 366, 401.
Kiel, John, Recommended for Survejor-General of New Jersey, iv, 78;
Referred to, 139.
Kill von Kull, i, 14, 151.
Killingworth, Thomas, ii, 384— iii, 215, 216.
Kimbol (Kemble), Peter, Recommended for the Council, vi, 233, 238 ;
Pall-bearer of Governor Morris, 368.— Referred to, vii, 5; Member
of Governor Belcher's Council, 6, 11, 86, 88, 98, 183, 188, 191, 237,
335, 343, 455, 503, 541.
King, John, vii, 182— x, 418, 717.
Kinney, Thomas, Sheriff, x, 413, 419.
Kingsland, Captain, Proposed for the Council, iii, 340.
Kingsland, Edmund, x, 718.
Kingsland, William, Plantation and effects ordered to be sold by the
Dutch Governor Colve, i, 138.

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Kinowl, Lord, viii. Part I, 93.
Kinsey, Chief- Justice, of Pennsylvania, vii, 59.
Kinsey, James, x. 370, 414, 458, 540, 575, 576, 680, 730.
Kinsey, John, Speaker of the Assembly, iv, 253; Fees to, 370, 371 — v,
146, 150.
Kinsey, John (2d), Member of Assembly from Middlesex County, v, 202 ;
Chosen Speaker, 270 ; Referred to, 288; Signs petition to the King
for a separate government for New Jersey, 448.
Kirby, Benjamin, iv, 310.
Kirby, Richard, iv, 309.
Kirby, William, iv, 310.
Kirk, Gabriel, i, 51.
Kirkbride, James (Joseph), iv, 800; One of the commissioners for run
ning partition line, 394, 453.
Kirkbride. Joseph, ix, 895.
Kirkbridge, Joseph, -iii, 165.
Kit Marius, Indian Chief, i, 182.
KitcheH, Samuel, i, 134.
Kite (Kigbt), Robert, Mayor of London, x, 4, 7.
Klasen, Hendrick, ii, 327.
Knapp, Homy, iv, 10.
Knapp, Thomas, Autograph, v, 510. — Vice-President of West New
Jersey Society, vii, 827.
Knott, David, x, 600.
Knowles, Governor, vii, 68.
Knowles, William, x, 113.
Kollock, Shepherd, ix, 627, 628.
Krigiers, Captain, i, 179.
Kuyf, Captain, i, 130, 133, 143. ,
Kuyper, Justice, ix, 470. L,
Lackerouse, Michael, i, 269.
Lacy, Edward, ii, 226.
Ladd, John, viii, Part II, 151, 233, 233.— Recommended for the Council,
ix, 127, 387, 38S; Appointed Surrogate, 359; Member of Council,
394; Notice of, 395; In Council, 509.— Dead, x, 224; Notice of, 224.'
Ladds, William, vii, 326, 327.
Laing, William, ii, 275.
Laken, John, Grand Juror for Essex County, iii,' 496.
Lamb, John, ii, 42-61, 65-73, 79, 129.
Lamb, Matthew, Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to an act
of New Jersey, obliging Sheriffs to give security, vii, 296; Replv to
the same, 329. — Official letter to, ix, 351, 443. '¦¦
Lambert, Colonel, ix, 277.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 103
Lambert, John, i, 268— ii, 825.
Lambert, Roger, ii, 129, 325.
Lambert, Thomas, i, 26S, 523— ii, 148— iv, 45.2— v. 133. ISO, 141. 211.
310.
Lamson, Eleazar, vi, 245— vii, 444, 457.
Lamson, Eley, ii, 839.
Lamson, Thomas, vi, 831 — vii, 457.
Landevinter, Peter, ii, 396.
Lands, and titles to, See Colonies, etc.
Lane, Cornelius, x, 600, 667.
Lanej Henry, v, 323— vii, 145, 320.
Lane, Sir Thomas, ii, 41-61, 65-73. 76, 78, 79, 87, 91, 92, 95, 99, 149,
104, 105, 171, 186-194, 199, 258, 270, 299, 300, 302, 821, 376, 408,
410; Letter to, from, Secretary .Popple, 428; Referred to, 448;
Signs surrender of the Government, 450-460; Recommends Andrew
Hamilton for Governor, 470; Letter to, from Secretary Popple.
473. — Notice of, iii, 3S; Signs as Proprietor, 82, 95, 302; Refuses to
sign, 314.— Referred to, vi, 314— vii, 320, 326.
Langstaffe (Longstaff), John, ii, 316, 326, 396. — Contributes to a sup
posed Cornbury Fund, iii, 200; Petition of the House of Repre
sentatives against said Fund, 200.
Langdon, Harry, i, 345.
Laning, John, x, 531.
. Lannoy, Peter de, ii, 470.
Lantin, Captain L., i, 517.
La Prairie (Lapriere), See Vanquelliu.
Larta, Nicholas, ii, 396.
Laswall, William, i, 270.
Laten, John, vii, 426.
Laten, William, ii, 396.
Lattouch, Mr., vii, 322, 323, 326.
Laurence, See Lawrence.
Laurence, Andries, iii, 851.
Laurence, Thomas, ii, 326.
Law, Report on an act for enforcing an ordinance made for establishing
fees and regulating the practice of, v, 377-395; Petition against said
act, 403. — Act relative to the practice of, ix, 490.
Laws, Revision of, viii, Part I, 27, 103.
Lawrence, Benjamin, ii, 396— iv, 310.
Lawrence, Elisha, ii, 365, 897— iii, 212— iv, 37, 310, 370— v, 147— ix, 843
—x, 302.
Lawrence, Elisha (2d), x, 459.
Lawrence, James, ii, 826, 396.
Lawrence, John, i, 148, 150, 156— ii, 106, 237, 396— iii, 213-iv, 111. 310.
Lawrence, John (2d), Instructions to, relative to boundary line between
East and West Jersey, vi, 154.

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Lawrence, John (3d), Recommended for Council, x, 226, 232, 275; Notice
of, 302; Referred to, 307, 313; In Council, 351.
Lawrence, Joseph, ii, 397— iv, 310— vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Lawrence, Richard, iv, 310-r-x, 459.
Lawrence, Robert, iv, 310— vi, 203, 203— vii, 29— viii, Part II, 16, 72—
ix, 13.
Lawrence, William, ii, 827, 396, 487— iii, 216— iv, 126, 253, 370— v, 60,
142, 144, 1.40, 149.
Lawrence, William, Jr., 270, 890, 486.
Lawrie (Lowry, Lawry), Gawcn, Quintipartite deed to, from Sir George
Carteret, i, 205; Instructions from, dntl others, to their Commissioners
in West Jersey, 219; Names to Concessions, etc., to West Jersey, 268;
Grant to him and others from the Duke of York, 324; Referred to,
377; Among the twenty-four East Jersey Proprietors, 383; Commis
sion of, as Deputy Governor of East Jersey, 423 ; Instructions to,
426. 434; Referred to, etc., as a Proprietor, 442, 448; Notice of, 455;
Instructions to, from Robert Barclay and other Proprietors, 459;
Interested in goods shipped to East Jersey, 467, 469; Instructions to,
476; Letter to, from William Dockwra, 436; Censured by the Pro
prietors of East Jersey, 492; Order to inspect the accounts of, 503;
Referred to, 517, 521, 528; Revocation of all his powers in East
Jersey, 531. — Signs as a Proprietor, ii, 2; Referred to, 62; Disburse
ments by, on account of East Jersey, 203, 203. — Referred to, iv, 415,
388- viii, Parti, 204.
Lawyers of New Jersey, Agree not to act under the Stamp Act, ix, 506;
Meeting of, called in relation to resuming business under the Stamp
Act, 531: Attitude of, toward the Stamp Act, 536, 540; Determine
to resume their practice regardless of the Stamp Act, 546; Address
to, by the Sons of Liberty, 547; Fees of, 605. — Complaints against,
x, 146, 193; Agreement among, to prevent unnecessary litigation on
^ account of the disturbed state of the Colonies, 589.
Lawtone, William, ii, 382.
Layden (Ployden?), Sir Edward, i, 272.
Layng, Will., iv, 9.
League Island, v, 42, 44.
Leake, John, ix, 18.
Learning, Aaron, vi, 202, 203— vii, 336, 502— viii, Parti, 74; Part II,
150, 155, 233— ix, 129.
Learning, Jeremiah, viii, Part II, 153, 229, 235.
Learning (Learning), Thomas, x, 207-212, 282.
Leasy Point, x, 515.
Lechmere, Thomas, Surveyor-General of Customs, vii, 0.
Leek, William, Opinion of, on Elizabethtown Patent, i, 272.
Lecroa (Lacroa), Michael, i, 116.
Lee, Sir George, viii, Part 1, 28.

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Lee, John, x, 717.
Lee, Richard Henry, x. 530.
Lee, Samuel, x, 364, 385, 867.
Lee, William Phillips, ix. 226.
Leeds, Daniel, i, 270— ii, 305; Recommended to be one of the Council,
417,429, 486; Objected to, 488; Appointed member of the Council,
507 — iii, 2, 83, 840; Objects to certain representatives in the Assem
bly, SS, 112, 137, 150; Referred to, 160, 17S, 279, 463; Signs, 290,
367; Again objected as a member of Council, 301; Letter from,
William Penn, respecting, 303; Removal asked for, 309— iv, 41;
Recommended for Council, 183; Referred to, 143, 145; Protest of.
with others, against the Proceedings of the Council of Proprietors of
West Jersey, 146; Referred to, 149; Signs, 309; Referred to, 313.
Leeds, Japhet, iv. 147.
Leeds, Philo, iv, 147.
Leeds, Tilan, v, 68.
Leek, Samuel, s, 531.
Leete, Samuel, Presentment of, against John Fenwicke, i, 186. 238.
Le Fetra, Edmund, i, 51.
Lefevre, Hypolite, i, 227, 269, 414.
Legislature of New Jersey, See New Jersey and Assembly.
Leigh, Egerton, ix, 621.
Leisler, Jacob, ix, 337.
Leister, Mr., vi, 3S6.
Le Montes, John, v, 153.
Lenex, John, viii, Part I, 187.
Lennox, Lord, ix, 15.
Lentin, Josiah, Testimony relating to Elizabethtown Purchase, i, 504.
Leonard, Elijah, x, 717.
Leonard, Henry, ii, 333— iv, 142.— Recommended for the Council, v,
818.— Captain, vi, 425.
Leonard, John, ii, 332.
Leonard, John (2d), x,,207-212, 282.
Leonard, Joseph, Captain, ix, 184.
Leonard, Nathaniel. In charge of Beacon on Neversink Highlands,
vi, 374.
Leonard, Samuel; ii, 328-832.— Letter to, from William Penn, ii, 31 S; Note
on, 31S; Sits with Governor Hamilton in Monmouth County Court;
362; President of Monmouth County Court, 364; Signs, 386; "Re
commended for Council, 417, 429, 431; Objected to, 488; Remarks
concerning, 502; Appointed member of the Council, 507.— Dead, iii,
1, 40, 78.
Leonard, Samuel (2d), iv, 10— v, 62, 146, 150— vi, 139, 202, 303-viii,
Part I, 200; Part II, 228— ix, 360.
Leonard, Thomas, iv, 9, 377— v, 147, 151.— Recommended for Council, vi,
233, 238; Pall-bearer of Governor Morris, 368.— Member of Council,

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vii. 5, 0, 83, 83, 08; Referred to, 128; Autograph, 184; Signs. 287;- In
Council, 343, 347, 435, 503, 018, 614— viii, Part I. 16.— Warrant to,
Part II, 152. — Resigns his seat in Council, ix, 127; Notice. 152.
Leonards, Thomas, i, 50.
Lesenby, Henry, i, 50.
Leslie, George, ii, 186.
Letts. William, i, 84, 85.
Leveridge, Mr., ii, 239.
Levy, Benjamin, Signs the surrender of the Government, ii, 456-400.
Levy, Moses, iv, 344, 343.
Lewis, Thomas, Signs the surrender of'tho Government, ii, 456-400 —
iii, 95.
Lewinz, Sir Cresswell, Opinion of, on the liability of East Jersey to New
York for customs, ii, 134.
Lexington and Concord, How the news of the affair at, were carried
through New Jersey, x, 587; Effect of the affair at, in New Jersey,
603; Affidavits relating to, 012, 615.
Ligge, Coll, i, 353.
Light Money, i, 151— x, 264.
Ligonier, Sir John, viii, Part I, 23.
Linch, Dennis, iv, 45.
'Lindsley, Ebenezer, vi, 351.
Lindsley, John, ii, 336.
Lindsley, Josiah, vi, 351 — vii, 435, 457.
Lindsley, Samuel, x, 717.
Liudsley, Captain, x, 375.
Ling, Mathew, iii, 64 — vii, 166.
Link, Henry, x, 717.
Lippet, Moses, ii, 366, 397— iii, 212.
Lipincot, John, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 212.
Lipmcot, Richard, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 213.
Lipineott, Samuel, Jr., iii, 164.
Lippincott, Frederick J., ii, 148.
Lippincott, James, v, 187.
Lippincott, Jerome, v, 187.
Lippincott, Joseph, ii, 397.
lippincott, Remembrance, ii, 397.
Lippincott, Restore, ii, 3S0.
Lippincott, Richard, i, 413.
Lispenard, Leonard, ix, 18.
Little. Daniel, vii, 421, 422.
Little (Littell), John, ii, 129, 326— vi, 373-x, 600, 667.
Little, Peter, x, 717.
Little, Robert, ii, 334, 389— iii, 496.
Little, Samuel, ii, 334, 389— iii, 496.
Livingston, James, viii, Part 1, 123; Part II, 14.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 10?
Livingston, Philip, v, 197.— Speaker of the Council of New York, vii,
142— x, 530.
Livingston, Robert, ii, 309.
Livingston, William, x. 343, 467, 530, 546, 575.
Livingstons, The, viii, Part I, 93.
Loade, John, ii, 327.
Locke, John, One of the Lords of Trade, ii, 185, 304.
Lochart, Alexander, iv. 309.
Lockhart, Gawen, iv, 186.
Lockhart, George, i, 430.
Lockhart, John, vii, 106.
Lodge, Abraham, v, 404.
Lodwick, Charles, iv, 344, 845.
Loften (Lofting, Loftnings), John, ii, 270; Petition of, relating to the
Ship Hester, 311 ; Referred to, 342.
Logan, James, Letter from, to George Willocks, relative to the division
line between the Provinces, iv, 377; Notice of, 8S1; Letter from, to
Daniel Coxe, on the division line, 8S8; Member of the Pennsylvania
Council, 393; Referred to, 45.2.
Logan, James, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to a charter for
the new college, vii, 124. — Referred to, x, 281.
Logan, William, vii, 130.
Logan, or Tah-gah-juti, x, 495.
Long, Peter, iii, 356.
Longfield, Cornelius, Recommended for the Council, iii, 340 — iv, 133.
Longfield, Thomas, Lieutenant, ix, 187.
Longstaff, John, i, 134.
Longstreet, Garret, x, 600.
Longstreet, Samuel, x, 600.
Looker (Luke, Luker), John, ii, 129, 315, 334, 839, 897.
Looker (Luke, Luker), William, ii, 129, 327, 384, 895.
Loper, Arthur, ii, 339.
Lore, Jonathan, x, 531.
Lords of the Admiralty, Letter to, from the Earl of Bellomont, relative to
taking two supposed pirates out of the custody of Governor Basse,
ii, 230.
Lords Justices, Order of, referring the petition of the Proprietors of
East Jersey to the Lords of Trade, ii, 169; Petition to, from the
Proprietors of East Jersey, 169 ; Representation to, from the Lords
of Trade, against the right of the Proprietors of East Jersey to
establish ports, 180; Communication to, from the Lords of Trade,
relative to the surrender of the Government of New Jersey by the
Proprietors, 420.
Lords Proprietors, See Berkeley and Carteret.
Lords of the Treasury, Petition to, in relation to the payment of customs,
ii, 163, 165; Letter to, from the Earl of Bellomont, enclosing his

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proclamation, relative to ports in New Jersey, 221: Letter to, from
the Earl of Bellomont, relative to the Ship Hester, 341.
Lords of Trade, Letter to, from Governor Andros, ii, 37; Communica
tion to, from the Proprietors of East Jersey, 90; Memorial to, from
Edward Randolph, 131; Extract from minutes of, 132; Memorial to,
from the Proprietors of the several Provinces in America, relating to
Courts of Admiralty there, 133; Letter from, to the Proprietors of
East and West Jersey, 134; Letter from, to Jeremiah Basse, re
quiring him to give security before being appointed Deputy Gov
ernor, 150; Letter to, from Secretary Lownds, transmitting docu
ments referring to the payment of customs in New York, by the
people in East and West Jersey, 163 ; Petition of the Proprietors of
East Jersey, relating to ports, referred to them, 169; Memorial of
the state of the case submitted to, 171; Answer to their inquiries on
the subject from the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General,
177; Representation from, to the. Lords Justices, against the rights
of East Jersey to establish ports, 180; Customs to be paid in New
York by all vessels trading in Hudson's River, 200 ; Letter f rom, to
the Earl of Bellomont, relative to ports in New Jersey, 201; Letters
to, from the Earl of Bellomont. relative to the same, 216, 222, 234,
241 ; Petition of the Proprietors of East Jersey referred to, 254, 255 ;
Memorial to, from the Proprietors of West Jersey, asking the ap
pointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 257; Memorial to,
relative to the ship Hester, 259; Further memorial, 263; Representa
tion from, to the King, informing him of their determination to
have the claim to a port in New Jersey tried in Westminster Hall,
267; Memorial to, from the Proprietors of East Jersey, relative
thereto, 268; Letter to, from the Earl of Bellomont, 271; Order
referring to them, the approval of Andrew Hamiltom as Governor of
West Jersey, 275 ; Letter to, from Robert Quary, concerning pirates, .
277; Memorial to, from ttie Proprietors of East Jersey, relative to a
surrender of their' Government, 294; Letter from, to the Earl of
Bellomont, relative to New Jersey matters, 302; Memorial to, from
East Jersey Proprietors, relative to establishing Perth Amboy as a
Port of Entry, 80S; Letter to, from Governor Basse, with an ac
count of his administration, 310; Letter to, from the same, trans
mitting papers, 340; Letter to, from the same, 343, 352; Answer of
the Proprietors of East Jersey to the remonstrance of the inhabi
tants, referred to them, 344; Ask for the transmission of the pro
posed surrender of the government of East Jersey, 353; Edward
Randolph recommends them to annex East Jersey to New York, and
West Jersey to Pennsylvania, 356; Memorial to, from Jeremiah
Basse, asking for a consideration of the remonstrance of the inhabi
tants of East Jersey, 357; Letter from, to the Earl of Bellomont,
relative to the boundaries between New York and New Jersey, 367;
Memorial to, from Mr. Basse, relative to the surrender of the Gov-

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ernmeut, 418; Communication from, to the Lords Justices, relative
to the surrender of the government of East and West Jersey by the
Proprietors, 420; Letter to, from Chief- Justice Atwood, 42S; Letter
to, from Lewis Morris, relative to Mr. Dockwra's objections to the
appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor of New Jersey, 442 :
Representation to the King, transmitting draft of commission, etc...
for the Governor to be appointed over New Jersey, 448; Commission
to Lord Cornbury to proclaim Queen Anne in New Jersey, 430; The
petition of William Dockwra and Peter Sonmans against Andrew
Hamilton, referred to, 465; Petition of the Proprietors that Hamil
ton by appointed Governor, referred to, 468; Memorial to, from
William Dockwra and Peter Sonmans, objecting to Hamilton's ap
pointment as Governor, 470; Draft of a letter conferring temporary
authority upon Lewis Morris, submitted by them for the signature of
the Queen, 474; Letter to, from Colonel Quary, opposing Andrew
Hamilton, 479 ; A similar letter to, from Surveyor-General Randolph,
481; Letter to, from Lord Cornbury, relative to proclaiming the
Queen in New Jersey, 4S2; Communication from, to the Queen,
recommending that some person not connected with affairs in New
Jersey be appointed Governor, 484; Letter to, from the Earl of
Nottingham, recommending a Council for New Jersey, 486; Com
mission for Lord Cornbury as Governor of New Jersey, submitted
by, 488 ; Letter from, to the Earl of Nottingham, relative to the
Council of New Jersey, 502; Letter to, from Lewis Morris, 504;
Letter to, from Lord Cornbury, 536; Circular letter from, 589; Let
ter to Lord Cornbury, relative to the defence of New York, 541 ;
Letter to, from Robert Quary, relative to the trouble in New Jersey,
544. — Letter to, from Colonel Robert Quary, iii, 7; Letter to, from
Governor Combury, 12; Communication to, by Robert Quary, rela
tive to New Jersey affairs, 13; Letter to, from Lord Cornbury, rela
tive to the same. 2S; Memorial to, from the Proprietors, adverse to
the appointment of Peter Sonmans and Daniel Coxe as members of
the Council, 35; Answers to the same, 39, 42, 48; Letter to, from
Robert Quary, 52; Letters to, from Lord Cornbury, 54, 64; Circular
letter from, to the Governors of Plantations, 60; Petition relative to
the title to Staten Island referred to, 61 ; Letter to, from Lord Corn
bury, relative to New Jersey affairs, 68; Petition to, from the West
Jersey Proprietors, relative to the proceedings of Lord Cornbury, 81 ;
Memorial to, from Daniel Coxe and others, relative to New Jersey
affairs, 82; Complaints to, from West Jersey Proprietors, with
request that Lewis Morris be restored to the Council, 85; Letter
from, to Lord Cornbury, 99; Memorial to, proposing Peter Sonmans
for the Council, 101 ; Letter to, from Lord Cornbury relative to New-
Jersey affairs, 103; Complaints to, from Lieutenant-Governor
Ingoldsby, concerning Lord Cornbury, 109; Gentlemen for the
Council of New Jersey proposed by, 115 ; Observations of, on the

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memorial of the West Jersey Proprietors against Lord Cornbury,
117; Letter to, from Lord Cornbury relative to his new instructions,
119; Circular letter from, relative to the appointment of John
Bridger as Surveyor of Her Majesty's woods, 122; Letterfrom, to
Lord Cornbury, relative to New Jersey affairs, and to the complaints
made against him, 124; Asked to appoint Peter Sonmans a member
of Council, 126; Letters from, to Lord Cornbury, 148, 154, 159, 224;
Circular letter from, with an instruction relative to the attendance of
the members of the several Councils, 241; Letter to. from Lord
Cornbury, on New Jersey affairs, 207; Letter to, from Colonel
Quary, relative to the same, 271; Letter to, from Lord Cornbury,
with an address of the Council to the Queen, objecting to the pro
ceedings of the Assembly, 285 ; Submit to the Secretary of State a
draft of a commission to Lord Lovelace to be Governor of New Jer
sey, 208; Representation of, on Lord Lovelace's instructions, 309;
Communication from, to Lord Lovelace, 323; Letter to, from the
Earl of Sunderland relative to Lewis Morris, 32S; Reply to the
same, 32S; Letter to, from Lord Lovelace, 359; -Letter to, from
Lieutenant-Governor Ingoldsby relative to New Jersey affairs, 460;
Letter to, from Colonel Nicholson and Colonel Vetch relative to the
Quakers, 464; Letter to, from Lieutenant-Governor Ingoldsby rela
tive to the proceedings of the Assembly, 467; Representation of, to
the Queen, relative to the commission of Lieutenant-Governor
Ingoldsby, 409; Representation of, to the Queen, relative to an act
regulating Negro, Indian and Mulatto slaves, etc., in New Jersey,
473; Memorial to, with documents, relative to Lewis Mollis and
others, 476; Memorial to, from Proprietors of New Jersey, asking
for a change in the Council, 497; Ask for the restoration of Lewis
Morris to the Council of New Jersey, 499. — Letter to Governor
Hunter, iv, 2; Letter to, from the same, respecting an intended
meeting of the New Jersey Assembly, 11 ; From the same, respecting
the place of meeting of said Assembly, 16; Letter to, from Governor
Hunter, with documents, referring to affairs in East Jersey, 51;
Reply from, to said letter, 113; Memorial to, from the New Jersey
Proprietors, relative to the disputes between the Council and the
Assembly, 140; Letter to, from Governor Hunter, relative to changes
in the New Jersey Council, 149 ; Action of, in relation to the New
Jersey Council, asked by Governor Hunter, 151; Communication
from, to the Queen, relative to the changes in the New Jersey
Council, 169; Letters to, from Governor Hunter, relative to New
Jersey affairs, 171, 174; Letter from, to Governor Hunter, relative to
the Council of New Jersey, 1S2; Letter to, from Governor Hunter,
relative to New Jersey affairs, 195; Letter to, from Lord Cornbury,
relative to certain acts of the New Jersey Assembly, 199; Prepare new
commission for Governor Hunter, 202; Letter of, to the Bishop of
London, relative to the character of missionaries, 212; Letter to

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. Ill
from Governor Hunter, relative to certain acts of the New Jersev
Assembly. 221; Letter from, to Governor Hunter, relative to
New Jersey affairs, 227: Letters to. from Governor Huuter,
relative to New Jersey affairs. 230, 255. 200, 26 1, 278; Memorial
to, from Thomas Coram, relative to hemp and iron, 286 ;
Letter to, from Governor Hunter. 311; Letter from, to the
King, recommending the approval of the act allowing Quakers to
affirm, 334: Letter from, to Governor Hunter, relative to bis various
communications, 835; Representation from, to the King, naming
commissioners for trying pirates. 889; Scheme, or treatise, relating
to Plantations, referred to. 81-3; Letter to, from Governor Hunter;
relating to New Jersey affairs. 363; Representation of, to tho King.
relative to the petition against the Quaker* , 366; Letter to. from
Gowrnor Hunter, transmitting papers, 386; Letter to. from Peter
Sehuylor, relating to Surveyor Jnrratt, 431, 43S; Letter to, from
Lewis Morris, relative to the boundary line, etc., 4!0; Letter
from, to Secretary Craggs. transmitting the commission of William
Burnet as Governor of New York and New Jersey. 447. — Communi
cation to the King, with draft of instructions to Governor Burnet,
v, 1; Letterfrom, to Governor Burnet, relative to Secretary Smith's
fees, 4: Letter to, relative to exportation of copper ore from New
Jersey, 7; Letter to, from Governor Burnet, relative to the New
Jersey Assembly, S; Letterfrom, to the Lords of the Treasurv, re
ferring to the matter of exportation of copper ore from New Jersey,
9; Letter to. from Governor Burnet, relating to the proceedings of
the Assembly and the Council of New Jersey, 10: Representation of,
respecting the Islands in Delaware River, IS; Letter to, from Gov
ernor Burnet, relative to New Jersev affairs, 32: Letter from, to
Governor Burnet, relative to vacancies in the New Jersey Council,
51 ; Memorial to, relative to improvements in the production of naval
stores in the Colonies, 68; Letterfrom. to Governor Burnet. 70: Re
port to. on the proposed alterations in the Constitution of New Jer
sey. 72 : Letter to, from Governor Burnet, relative to paper money,
75; Representation of , to the King, respecting the manner of electing
representatives to the Assembly, S3; Letter to, from Governor Bur
net, relative to New Jersey affairs, 104: Letter to, from Galfridus
Gray, relative to encroachments of the Indians, 107, 112; Letters
to. from Governor Burnet, 117; Letter from, to Governor Burnet,
relative to gold and silver miues in New Jersey, 120; Letterfrom,
to Governor Burnet, relative to piper nicuey, 156; From the samej
relative to interest money, 165; Representation from, to the King,
with commissions of John Montgoraerie as Governor of New York
and New Jersey, 167; Letter to, from Governor Montgomerie, 167;
Letter to, from Governor Burnet, transmitting documents, 181;
Letter to. from Governor Montgomerie. announcing his arrival in
New York, 181; Letterfrom, to Governor Montgomerie, relative to

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interest money and paper bills, 200; Letter to, from Sir William
Keith, relative to certain manufactures, 203; Letter to, from Gov
ernor Montgomerie, relative to New Jersey affairs, 206; Represen
tation of, to the Privy Council, relative to certain manufactures in
the Plantations, 207; Representation from, to the King, relative to
the partition line between East and West Jersey, 213; Letter
to, from Governor Montgomerie, relative to New Jersey affairs, 284;
Letter from, relative to certain acts passed by the New Jersey Assem
bly, 247; Letter to, from Governor Montgomerie, relative to the pay
ment of interest money for incidental expenses, 249; Answer to the
same, 260; Informed of the death of Governor Montgomerie, 294,
295; Letter from, to Governor Montgomerie, 302; Memorial to,
from the Felt Makers' Company, 306; Letter to, from Lewis Morris,
relative to the proceedings of Governor Cosby, 349; Letter to, fiom
Governor Cosby, respecting certain acts of the New Jersey Assembly,
864; Address of, to the Queen, relative to the complaints against
James Alexander, Lewis Morris and Rip Van Dam, 408 ; Petition of
Richard Partridge for a separate Governor for New Jersey referred
to, 448; Letter to, from Lewis Morris, asserting his claims to the
Presidency of the Council of New Jersey, 472; Complaints of Presi
dent Hamilton against Lewis Morris, 478; Letterfrom, to the Duke
of Newcastle, relative to the difficulties in New Jersey, 479; An
nounces the appointment of Lord Dela-Warr, as Governor of New
York and New Jersey, 490. — Representation to the King, with a
draft of commission for Lewis Morris, as Governor of New Jersey,
vi, 1; Report of, on the currency in America, 78; Report of, with
additional instructions to the Governors in America, 94-98; Report
of, relative to bills of credit, 122; Communication from, relative to
ensigns borne by ships having private commissions, 128; Letter to,
from Governor Morris, relative to New Jersey affairs, 130; Memorial
to, relative to the purchasing of lands from the Indians, 142; Petition
^-of the inhabitants of Elizabethtown referred to, 2C5; Recommenda
tions of, for the Council, 237; Representation of, proposing .the re
peal of the act regulating fees, 238; Letter to, from James Alexander
and Robert Hunter Morris, giving an account of the Provinces, 419;
Representation of, respecting the petition of Mr. Partridge for lib
erty to issue bills of credit in New Jersey, 433; Letter to, written at
the request of President Hamilton, 446; Petition of Jonathan
Belcher referred to, 449 ; Report of, on said petition, 453; Death of
President Hamilton, announced to, 462. — Letter to, from the Duke
of Newcastle, relative to the instructions for Governor Belcher vii
1; Reply of, with a draft of commission for Governor Belcher 2-
Informed of the arrival of Governor Belcher in his government 29 •
Letter of congratulation from, to Governor Belcher, 86; Letter to
from Governor Belcher, relative to certain acts of the Legislature
140 ; Letter to, from Governor Clinton, relative to the New York and

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 113
New Jersey division line, 159; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, 170;
Petition to, from the executors of Lewis Morris to pay his salary,
171; Extracts from letters of, to Lewis Morris, relative to paper cur
rency, 172; Reply of, to the petition of the executors of Lewis Mor
tis, 173; Petition of, relative to the division line between New Yoik
and New Jersey, 226; Letter to, from the Council of New Jersey
relative to the riots, 236 ; Certain queries made by, answered by Gov
ernor Belcher, 243; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the
riots, 249, 293 ; Letter from, to Matthew Lamb, relative to an act of
New Jersey, obliging Sheriffs to give security, 296; Proposals from,
with regard to the disturbances in New Jersey, 311-810; Letter to,
from Governor Belcher, respecting the proceedings of the Assembly,
361 ; Representation of the Assembly to, relative to arrears of salary
due to the late Governor Morris, 359; Representation of, on the state
of the Province of New Jersey, 466; Notified of the suspension from
Council of John Coxe, 540; Letter from, to Governor Belcher, rela
tive to the behavior of the Assembly, 551 ; Propose David Ogden as a
member of the Council in place of John Coxe, 578; Propose Lewis
M. Ashfield to supply a vacancy in the Council by the death of Rich
ard Smith, 5S5; Object to Samuel Smith and William Morris as
members of the Council, 585; Answer to the objections, from Gov
ernor Belcher, 607; Governor Belcher to, in relation to Lewis Morris
Ashfield, 623. — Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the
Council of New Jersey, viii, Parti, 13; Memorial to, relative to the
same, 18; Report of, relative to the improper publication in New
Jersey of one of their orders, 28; Letter to, from Governor Belcher,
relative to the proceedings of the New Jersey Council, 00; Circular
letter from, to the Governors of the Colonies, 03 ; Accounts of various
officers transmitted to, 65; Refusal of a seat in the Council to
Lewis M. Ashfield, referred to, 111 ; Governor Belcher's course
toward Mr. Ashfield, disapproved by, 124; Opinion of, on the
boundaries between New York and New Jersey, 128; Governor
Belcher desired by them to give aid to the missionaries for propagat
ing the Gospel in New Jersey, 140; Circular letter from, relative to a
proposed interview with the Six Nations of Indians, 156; Draft of in
structions to Governors, relative to appeals in cases of error, Rr'S;
Recommend the King to allow the Governor of New Jersey to assent
to the bill for the issue of £60,000 in bills of credit, 196; Proceed
ings of the New Jersey Council and Assembly transmitted, 287;
Comments of, upon the action of the New Jersey Legislature
in regard to the common defence against the French, £94; Letter
from, to Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey, relative to the boundary
line, 297. — Letter from, to Sir Thomas Robinson, with a plan of
general defence for the Colonies, viii, Part II, 1; Memorial of
Richard Partridge to, relative to emitting £70,OCO in bills of credit,
95 ; Representation from, to the King, upon the petition of the
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House of Representatives of New Jersey, relative to bills of credit,
100; Recommend Thomas Pownall as Lieutenant-Governor of New
Jersey, 103; Communication from, to the Lords Justices, relative to
the boundary between New York and New Jersey, 108; Reply of, to
letters of Governor Belcher, 124; Recommend the appointment of a
commission to arrange the boundary difficulties, 129; Recommend
the establishment of packet-boats between England and the Colonies,
138; Circular letter from, relative to the establishment of packet-
boats, 146; Queries from, to Governor Belcher, and answers from,
1S3; Commend the services of New Jersey in defending the country,
206; Letter from, to Governor Hardy, relative to commissions for
settling the boundary controversies, 2J2; Informed of the death of
James Alexander, 214; Direct Governor Belcher, if unable to attend
meetings of the Governors, to depute Lieutenant-Governor Pownall,
215; Representation of, to the King, on the state of the different
Colonies, 210 ; Prepare warrant appointing William Aynsley Chief-
Justice, 247. — Letter to, from Thomas Pownall, ix, 1; Propose
Francis Bernard as Governor, 21; Report of, on a bill for issuing
£00.009 in bills of credit, 34; Report draft of instructions for Gov
ernor Bernard. 38: Refer certain questions to the Solicitor-Genpral,
112; Report of, on a bill for emitting £89,000 in bills of credit, 113;
Representation from, to the King, relative to a law for issuing bills
of credit without a suspending clause, 147; Answer of, to several
communications from Governor Bernard, 152; Report to the Privy
Council, draft of instructions to, relative to passing bills authorizing
the emission of bills of credit, 156; Letters to, from GoveVnor
Bernard, relative to the raising of troops and money bills, 168, 170;.
Propose Nathaniel Jones to be Chief-Justice of New Jersey, 172;
Inform Governor Bernard that he has been appointed Governor of
Massachusetts, 188; Letter from, on the pretentions of R. H. Morris
to resume the office of Chief-Justice, 191 ; Representation from, to
^ the King, respecting the dispute between R. H. Morris and N. Jones
for the office ot Chief- Justice, 230; Prepare a draft of a proclamation
for the Colonies, of George III as King, 341 ; Circular letter from, to
the Governors in North America, relative to the old seals, 243;
Instructions from, to the same, relative to alterations in the prayers
for the Royal family, 244; Give directions relative to seals for the
Colonies, 247; Informed by Governor Boone of the amicable proceed
ings of the last Assembly, 248; Directed to prepare warrants for con
tinuing Christopher Coates and Joseph Worrell as Secretary and Attor
ney-General of New Jersey, 257; Proposition of, that Josiah Hardy be
appointed. Governor of. New Jersey, approved, 259; Informed by Gov
ernor Boone in regard to raising additional troops, and other mat
ters, 260; Representation of. relative to the dispute for the office of
Chief-Justice of New Jersey, 264; Present instructions for Governor
Hardy, 272 ; Present to the King the names of persons to be commis-

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 115
sioners for trying pirates, 2S2; Draft instructions to the Governor rela
tive to the alterations in the prayers for the Royal family, 303; Prepare
draft of instructions to the Governors relative to interferences with
the Indians, and the t?nure of commissions to judges and other
officers, 821; Recommend the disapproval of two acts passed in
New Jersey in April, 1761, 331 ; Ask for tho removal of Governor
Hardy, 360; Informed by Governor Hurdy of the death of Andrew
Johnson and recommended to appoint Stephen Skinner as his suc
cessor as Treasurer, 366 ; Present draft of alterations in the prayers
for the Royal family, 875; Do not object to issuing certain sums of
paper money for providing a house for the Governor, 396; Represen
tation of, relative to hemp, paper money, duties upon beaver skins
and whale fins, 405; Report draft of instructions in regard to fees
taken in the several offices of Government in the American Colonies,
440 ; Propose Frederick Smyth and James Parker for the Council of
New Jersey, 442 ; Propose the repeal of an act for rendering void the
lottery made by Peter Gordon, 443; Approve the conduct of Gov
ernor Franklin, and do not object to a duty on the importation of
negroes, 444; To Governor Franklin respecting marriage licenses,
520; Transmit to the Duke of Grafton copies of papers relating to
the riots growing out of the Stamp Act, 527; Report the annual ex
pense of the Colonies, and their indebtedness at the end of the late
war, 533; Require from the several Governors an account of the
manufactures in their respective governments, 563 ; Propose com -
missioners for settling boundary line between New York and New
Jersey, 623; Announce to Governor Franklin the King's displeasure
with the Assembly for not obeying the Act of Parliament in regard
¦ to mutiny and desertion, 636. — Recommend the repeal of the act
relative to commissioners for supplying barracks, x, 26; Recom
mend the disallowance of the act for issuing £100,000 in bills of
credit, 100; Also the act relative to the common lands in the town
ship of Bergen, 18S; Representation of, in relation to an act regu
lating the practice of the law in. New Jersey, 199; To Governor
Franklin, relative to acts of the Assembly concerning creditors,
and concerning aliens, 300; Present to the King a draft of instruc -
tions to Governors relative to the naturalization of aliens, divorces
and title to lands, 410, 411; R3Commend Francis Hopkins for the
Council of New Jersey, 455.
Jjost, Francis, iv, 188.
Lot, Benthal, i, 49.
Lotteries, Peter Gordon's, ix, 443, 416, 458, 487.— Governors of the Colo
nies instructed in regard to raising of money by, x, 104, 108; Obser
vations of Governor Franklin upon the act relative to, 387; Con
sidered by the King, 416; Report of Richard Jackson upon, 50S.
Loudoun (Lowden, Loudon), Eirl of, viii, Part I, 93— viii, Part II, 206 ;
Appointed commander-in-chief of all the forces in America, 209;

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Referred to, 220, 222, 241 ; Notified that no further embargo is to be
laid on corn or other grain, 248; Informed of the death of Governor
Belcher, 259, and objections of John Reading to assume the chief
authority, 259; Referred to, 267— ix, 17.
Loughenner, Abraham, x, 71S.
Love, John, ii, 42-61, 05-73, 79.
Lovelace, Governor Francis, i, 72, 76; Letter from, to Captain Carr,
reproving him for neglecting his duty in regard to the Indian
murders at Matiniconk Island, 79; Letter to, from the Duke of
"York, confirming the grant to Berkeley and Carteret, 97, 108;
Referred to, 121.
Lovelace, Lord John, Appointed Governor of New Jersey, iii, 298, 809;
Instructions to, as Governor of New Jersey, 316; Communication to,
from the Lords of Trade, 323 ; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade,
359; Notice of, 359; Speech of, to the Assembly, 861; Address of
the Assembly to, 362; Address to, from the Assembly, condemning
Peter Sonmans, 374; Address to, from the same, relative to Peter
Faueonnier, 379 ; From the same, to the same, expressing their want
of confidence in the Council, 379; Address of congratulation to, from
Lewis Morris, 380; Verses ridiculing said address, 381-385; Address
of the Lieutenant-Governor and Council of New Jersey to, relative
to the proceedings of the Assembly, 390; Referred to, 457, 461, 464;
Notice of, 466; Referred to, 469, 497, 500— iv, 24, 47, 77, 293—
x, 225.
Lovelace, Lady, iv, 10, 46, 131, 371.
Lovelace, Thomas, i, 76.
Loveridge, John, iii, 448, 453.
Lovett, Jonathan, iv, 310.
Lovet, Samuel, i, 269, 288.
Low, Isaac, x, 530, 561, 5S7.
Low, John, vi, 294, 316, 317, 356, 40S— vii, 18, 48, 64, 123, 127, 198, 474
—viii, Part II, 158, 174, 177, 182.
Lowe, Joseph, iv, 844, -845.
Lowerus, Henry, x, 718.
Lowndes, Thomas, Letter from, to Sir William Keith, respecting the
manufacture of pot and pearl ashes in the Plantations, v, 245;
Answer to the same, 246.
Lownds, William, Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury,
ii, 163, 165; Letters to, from Secretary Popple, 168, 244.— Referred
to, iii, 329; Letter from, relative to the petition of John Keble,
841, 347.
Lloyd, David, ii, 122.
Lloyd, John, iv, 113.
Lloyd, Jo., iv, 344, 345.
Lowrensi, Laurence, ii, 326.
Lubertse, John, ii, 326.

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Lucar, William, Affidavit of, in support of the remonstrance of the As
sembly against Governor Cornbury, iii, 199; Referred to, 201, 211.
Lucas, John, i, 289.
Lucas, Nicholas, Quintipartite deed to, from Sir George Carteret, i, 205;
Instructions from, and others, to their Commissioners in West Jer
sey, 219; Name to concessions, etc., to West Jersey, 268; Grant to
him and others from the Duke of York. 324, 386.— Referred to, ii
62, 388.
Lucas, Robert, i, 289.
Ludington, Thomas, ii, 386.
Ludwell, Colonel, ii, 120.
Luke, John, ii, 315.
Luke, William, ii, 315.
Lunatics, Governors of Colonies authorized to issue commissions for the
care and custody of, x, 370, 371; Governor Franklin in relation to,
382.
Lurting, Robert, v, 158, 154.
Luse, Zepheniah, Captain, ix, 1S5, 186.
Lydall, Thomas, vii, 427.
Lyell, David, ii, 171, 177, 186-193, 198, 213, 263; Surrenders the Gov
ernment of East Jersey, 387; Signs the surrender of the Government,
456-460; Objected to as a member of Council, 488. — West Jersey
Proprietor, iii, 314. — Recommended for the Council, iv, 63; Notice
of, 63; Recommended for the Council, 217, 227; Member of Council,
253, 299; Referred to, 313, 334; One of the Commissioners to try
pirates, 340; Payments to, 370, 371; Referred to, 373, 394.— Member
of Council, v, 3, 34; Money paid to, 135, 143, 146, 148, 151.— Dead,
vi, 352.
Lyell, Fenwick, v, 155. — Member of Governor Morris' Council, vi, 14, 15,
109; Deceased, 237.
Lyman, Major-General Phineas, second in command to Major-General
Johnston, viii, Part II, 164.
Lynch, Thomas, x, 530.
Lyndsley, Ebenezer, vii, 458.
Lyndsley, Elisha, v, 351 — vii, 458.
Lyon, Benjamin, ii, 129, 326, 334, 339— iii, 199, 496.
Lyon, Ebenezer, ii, 129, 334, 397— iii, 486— v, 155.
Lyon, Eiiphalet, x, 717.
Lyon (Lyen), Henry, i, 396, 820— ii, 129, 327.
Lyon, Isaac, vi, 402.
Lyon, Jacob, x, 718.
Lyon, Joseph, ii, 123, 327, 334, 339, 396— iii, 199, 211, 496.

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M.
McConnel, John, x, 718.
McConnell, Thomas, Affidavit of, respecting the Newark riots, vi, 430.
McCook,  , x, 520.
McDonald, William, Captain, ix, 186.
McEleson, Joamis, ii, 327.
McEvers, John, vi, 169-171— ix, 179.
Machielson, Elias, iii, 483; Justice of the reacefor Essex County, 495.
McKay, James, vii, 423.
Mackdowalle, Alexander, v, 155.
McKean, Rev. Robert, ix, 338, 340.
McKean, Thomas, x, 728.
McKeilson, Elias, ii, 313, 333.
Mackelson, Enoch, Member of the Assembly, iii, 295.
McKenzie, iEneas, iv, 174; Certificate of, in behalf of Thomas Gordon,
attacked by Jacob Henderson, 181.
McKenzie, Sir George, ix, 337.
Maekhackamack, viii, Part I, 207; Riots near to, 208, 209.
Maekmsey, Thomas, iv, 310.
McKnight, Charles, x, 345.
McPherson, Gillis, x, 717.
McRanke, Edward, x, 717.
McUrdy, James, x, 717.
McWhertor, Alexander, x, 345.
Macy, George, i, 369.
Maddocks, John, i, 269, 414.
Madge, Charles, ii, 47.
Madge, Humphrey, ii, 47.
Magie, John, x, 717.
Magriger, Patrick, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 400.
Mahurin, Seth, x, 718.
Blair, Arthur, ix, 365.
Major, Mr., His Majesty's Chief Engraver of seals, ix, 247.
Maker, Joseph, Jr., ii, 396.
Mall, Jorat, ii, 396.
Malows, Henry, iii, 355.
Maister, William, i, 227, 283, 284, 414.
Manamowaone, i, 16, 18.
Maneten, Lands at, sold by John Fenwick, i, 413.
Manickty, Indian Chief, i, 182.
Manning (Mannen), Benjamin, ii, 316, 326, 397— iii, 486, 487.
Manning, James, ii, 326, 396.
Manning, John, ii, 327, 397.
Manning (Mannen), Joseph, ii, 316, 326, 396— iii, 486.
Manufactures, Letter relative to, from Sir William Keith, v, 203; Letter

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 119
respecting the same, from another source, 204; Representation by
the Lords of Trade, relative to, 207; Memorial, asking that hats worn
in the Colonies be all made in Great Britain, 306; Memorial against
laws prejudicial to manufactures in Great Britain, 308.— Promotion
of, viii. Part 1, 108, 109; Quality and sorts of New Jersey, Part II,
82.— Suppressing those prejudicial to commerce, ix, 273; Disadvan
tages to, in England, 420 ; Circular letter, relative to, 563 : Of pig
and bar iron, 5S3. — In New Jersey, x, 29, 442.
Marcelissen, Peter, i, 125.
March, George, i, 50.
March, Hugh, i, 50.
Marinus, John, x, 718.
Markham, William, ii, 120.
Marlow, Gregory, i, 239.
Marriages, births and burials, x, 452.
Marriage licences, ix, 504, 520.
Marriott, Abraham, v, 187.
Marriot, Isaac, i, 269.
Mars, Joseph, ii, 326.
Marsh, John, i, 465— ii, 326.
Marsh, Robert, ii, 129.
Marsh, Samuel, i, 50, 82.
Marshall, John, iv, 310.
Martin, David, Letter from, to Governor Belcher, relative to the riots
in Hunterdon County, vii, 86.
Martin, Hugh, vii, 606.
Martin, Josiah, ix, 283.
Martin, Richard, i, 480.
Martin, Samuel, x, 717.
Martin, Sarah, Affidavit of, relative to the riot at Perth Amboy. vi. 469
—vii, 449.
Martyn, John, i, 82.
Maryland, Quota of troops from, for the defence of New York, ii, 134;
Illegal trading in, 360.— Contribution from, for the fortification on
the northern frontier, viii, Part I, 194, 196.
Maskell, Daniel, x, 531.
Maskell, Thomas, iv, 215— x, 531.
Mason, John, v, 133, 1-37, 141.
Mason, Thomas, v, 133, 137, 141.
Massacher, John, vii, 372, 373, 444.
Massachusetts, Illegal trade with, ii, 123, 361; Quota of troops for the
defence of New York, 134— viii, Part I, 195 ; Raising troops, Part II,
128; Controvei-sies between it and New York and New Jersey, 212. —
Letter of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, denounced by
the King, x, 14; Governor Franklin, relative to the same, 84, 30;
Secretary Hillsborough, relative to the same, 45, 58.

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Master, Frances, i, 51.
Master, William, i, 269.
Mathamek, i, 1.
Mather, Increase, vii, 618.
Mathews, Richard, i, 26S.
Mathews, Thomas, Charges against, i, 416, 420; Proclamation of Gov
ernor Penn against, 422.
Mathews, Vincent, vi, 166.
Mathie, John, iv, 10.
Matiniconck Island, Indian murders at, i, 72, 74; Lease of, to Robert
Stacy, 280 ; Petition in favor of Henry Jacobs, tenant in possession
of. 287; Referred to, 417— x, 515.
Matlock, William, i, 288— v, 187.
Matson, Peter, ii, 146.
Mattano, i, 16, 18.
Matthews, Captain Peter, ii, 113, 235, 399.
Mattiven, James, x, 273.
Mattowacks (Matawaeks), or Long Island, i, 3, 157 — x, 120.
Mattulx. Luis, i, 51.
Mavericke, Samuel, Letter from, to Lord Arlington, relative to the grants
to Berkeley and Carteret, i, 57.
Maxwell, William, Ensign, ix, 185, 187.
Mayo, Richard, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79.
Meaker (Meeker), Benjamin, ii, 129, 326, 334, 397— iii, 199, 211.
Meaker (Meeker), John, ii, 129, 334, 339, 398— iii, 201, 486, 496.
Meaker (Meeker), Joseph, i, 82, 84— ii, 129, 326, 334, 397— iii, 203, 210.
Meaker (Meeker), William, i, 50, 65; Indicted for riotous conduct, i, 82,
84 ; Letter relative to his conduct, from Lords Berkeley and Carteret,
to the Governor and Council of New Jersey, 104; Complaint against
Samuel Moore. 149; Petition from, 820; Case of, against William
Pardon, 331; Note on, 334; Referred to, 336, 337— ii, 339— iii, 496.
Meckenzie (McKinzie), Sir George, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 441, 457,
460, 463.
Meckenzie, Keneth, i, 530.
Medcalfe, Matthew, ii, 148.
Meech, Thomas, ii, 431.
Meekat, John, ii, 326.
Meeker (Miaker), Timothy, vi, 351 — vii, 458.
Meeker, See also Meaker.
Megie, John, ii, 129. 326, 397.
Mehelin, John, x, 458, 479, 697.
Mebemickwon, Indian King, iv, 277.
Mekowetick, i, 1.
Melfort, Earl of. An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 490, 499, 500, 508, 513,
528— ii, 10, 26, 32, 202.
Mellechap, i, 369.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 121
Mellin, Robert. Difficulties with Peter Sonmans, iii, 370,423-429, 447, 452.
Melven, James, ii, 832.
Melyn (Moleyn), Jacob, i, 122, 128, 133.
Menville (Mienville, Monviele), Gabriel, ii, 106, 237.
Mercell, William, ii, 896.
Merret, Isaac, Recommended for Council of Governor Hunter, iii, 498.
Merrett, William, i, 521— ii, 326.
Merrick, William, ii, 226, 313.
Merry, Mr., iv, 152.
Meservie, Captain, i, 317, 318.
Mew, Richard, i, 26S; An East Jersey Proprietor, 366, 383, 424, 433,
434, 437, 442, 440, 448, 451, 454, 463, 474, 482, 483, 520— ii, 203.
Meyer, E., i, 269.
Mice, Pier, ii. 397.
Michell, Archibald, ii, 148.
Michel (Mitchell), Charles, ii. 42-61, 63-73, 79, 99 ; Signs the surrender
of the government, 456-460; Asks the appointment of Andrew Ham
ilton as Governor, 470. — Signs Memorial, iv, 396.
Michel, Charles, Jr., A West Jersey Proprietor, iii, 95, 498.
Michel (Mitchell), Francis, ii, 42-02, 66-74, 79; Signs the surrender of
the government, 456-400; Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamil
ton as Governor, 470.— Signs, iii, 38, 82, 95, 302, 498— iv, 141.
Michell, Richard, i, 83, 84.
Michel, Robert, ii. 42-61, 65-73, 76, 79, SS, 92, 95, 99, 186-194, 258, 276,
300, 302; Signs the surrender of the government, 456-460; Asks the
appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 470. — Signs as a
Proprietor, iii, 38, 51, 82, 95, 302; Refuses to sign Sonmans' Com
mission, 814 498. — Referred to, iv, 141.
Michelses, Hartman, ii, 826.
Mickle, John, v, 133, 139, 141, 211— vi, 202.
Mickle, William, viii, Part II, 151.
Micklethwart, Joseph. Signs the surrender of the government, ii, 456-
460. — Memorial of, iii, 95.
Mico, Joseph, Autograph, v, 510.— Referred to, vii, 826.
Middlesex County, Minutes of the Court of, ii, 315.— Petition of, to the
Assembly, against Peter Sonmans, iii, 445 ; Report on said petition,
447.— Further petition of, iv, 8; Freeholders' books altered, 97-99;
Petition of, against the election of Thomas Farmer, 186; Taxes, 368.
— Petition of, for a separate Governor, v, 444.— List of rioters in, vi,
455; Charge to the Grand Jury of, 456.— The jail of broken open,
viii, Part I, 43; Petition of land owners in, 54-56.
Middleton, Henry, x, 529.
Middleton, Hugh, iv, 36, 125.
Middleton, Nathan, v, 187.
Middleton, Thomas, v, 187.
Middletown, Oath of allegiance taken by the inhabitants, i, 51 : Proclam-

122 GENERAL INDEX
ationof the Governor and Council relative to the inhabitants of, 58;
Warrant from Governor Carteret for the seizure of a paper against
the laws, signed by the inhabitants of, 01; Confirmation to, of cer
tain privileges, 83; Relations with the Council of New Netherlands,
133, 123, 127, 129, 130, 134, 133, 142, 143, 3 ».— Courts at, ii. 302,
304.
Mifflin, John, Jr., i, 289.
Mifflin, John, Sr . i, 289.
Mifflin, Thomas, x. 529, 374.
Miggle, Archibald, ii, 380.
Miles (Myles), John, ii. 129, 320, 314. 339, 395— iii, 490.
Military Affairs, The immediate dispatch of troops to Albany urged by
Governor Hunter, iv, 135; Supplies tor troops, 135; Discharging
volunteers, 130; Troops at Amboy, 137; Troops and money raised by
Governor Hunter for the Canadian expedition, 138. — Condition of
militia in New Jersey, v, 319. — Number of fighting men, including
regular forces, in the Colonies, vi, 89, 90; Troops raised in New Jer
sey, 99, 102; Abstract of a bill for settling and better regulating the
militia of New Jersey, 191; Action of the Assembly on said bill, 247-
249 ; Troops raised for the expedition to Canada, 371, 878 ; Number
of men in the several companies under command ot Colonel Peter
Schuyler, 424; Mutiny of the troops under command of Colonel
Schuyler, 417; Payment of the troops sent against Canada, 431.—
The New Jersey Assembly vote £15,000 for the support of Colonel
Schuyler's -regiment, viii, Part II, 11; Four new regiments to be
raised, 17; Orde,: settling the rank of officers serving with the Pro
vincial forces in North America, 29 ; Number of militia in New Jer
sey, 84; The King intends to augment the regiments in America, 92;
A regiment raised by the Assembly, 106 ; Governor Shirley in relation
to, 111; Reported defeat of General Braddock, 117-120; Letter from
^Governor Belcher to Governor Dinwiddie, relative to, 122 ; Message
from Governor Belcher relative to, 128; Condition of the forces on
the frontier, 131; Governor Belcher relative to raising additional
troops, 135 ; Supplies for the troops, 140 ; Movements of the same,
143; Letter from Governor Belcher relative to, 148; Invasion of the
Province, 156; Colonels of militia ordered to muster their regiments,
157; Threatened invasion of the French and Indians, 158; Move
ment of troops, 160; Condition of, 161, 163, 108; Colonels of regi
ments directed to move to the Delaware River, 174; Defence of the
frontier, 179; Letter from Governor Belcher relative to, 180; Aug
mentation of the forces in New Jersey asked for, 201 ; Earl of Loudoun
appointed Commander-in-Chief of all the forces in America, 209;
Additional troops called for, 241. — Warrant settling the rank of
Provincial officers, ix, 10; Invasion of Canada, 111; Money required
for continuing the war, 137; Estimate for raising, paying and cloth
ing 1,000 men, 143; Preparations urged for the invasion of Canada

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 1.23
149; Act for raising 1,000 men passed, 106, 16S; Amount of money
raised for purposes of the war, 167; The New Jersey regiment arrives
at Albany, 174; Defeat of the French army in Canada, Tt3; Officers
of the New Jersey regiments in the French war, 184-1S7; Comments
of Governor Bernard on the bill for raising troops in the Province,
224; David Price ordered to impress vessels to transport troops to
New Jersey, 246; Act passed for raising additional troops in New
Jersey, 260, 261; Part of the New Jersey regiments continued, 299;
Circular letter to the Governors relative to recruiting the regular
regiments in America, 330; Condition of the militia in New Jersey,
367; Forces raised for marching against the Indians, 399, 400, 428,
431; Letter from General Gage relative to, 432; Inequality of the
expense of quartering the troops in the Colonies, 642. — Law for pro
viding quarters for the King's troops, x, 12; Commissioners for sup
plying barracks, 26; Act of Legislature for quartering the troops, 82 ;
Act relative to supplying barracks repealed by the King, 41; Gover
nor Franklin in relation to barracks, S4; The same, in relation to
provision for the King's troops, 141, 201, 203; Secretary Hillsborough
in relation to the same, 219; Recruiting parties, 230; Assembly
refuse to provide for the King's troops, 237; Assemblymen of Hun
terdon County instructed to oppose the quartering of troops in the
Province, 209: Supplies for the troops still refused by the Assembly,
297, 804; The Assembly consents to pay the arrears due to the
troops, and the debt incurred during the late war, 321; Secretary
Hillsborough in relation to arrears due to the troops, 323; Money
granted for the support of the King's troops, 878 ; Number of men
in New Jersey capable of bearing arms in 1772, 446; Proceedings of
the King's troops at Concord, 590; Movement of troops in New Jer
sey and Philadelphia, 644; Congress of New Jersey assumes com
mand of the militia of that State, 659; Troops and money raised in
New Jersey, 669.
Militia, See Military Affairs.
Millard, Charles, iv, 310.
Miller, Charles, iv, 98.
Miller, Eben, viii, Part II, 151-153, 233, 234.
Miller, Elizabeth, Signs the surrender of the Government, ii, 456-460.
Miller, Ephraim, Lieutenant, ix, 185.
Miller, Henry, i, 510.
Miller, Isaac, x, 717.
Miller, John, x, 718.
Miller, John, Jr., of Jrs., x, 71S.
Miller, Richard, ii, 834.
Miller, Samuel, ii, 339.
Miller, Thomas, ii, 470.— Affidavit of, respecting the Newark riots, vi,
430; Referred, to, 431.
Miller, William, ii, 129, 897.

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Mills, Daniel, ii, 148.
Mills, James, ii, 417.
Mills, Jedediah, x, 207-212, 279.
Mills, William, ix, 4.
Milner, Samuel, Grand Juror, Essex County, iii, 496.
Mines, Memorial of John Gosling respecting, v, 36; Letter from Gover
nor Burnet, relative to gold and silver mines in, 74; Opinion of the
Attorney and Solicitor Generals as to the ownership of, 64; Letters
from the Lords of Trade, relative to, 120, 156. — Articles of association
to work in New Jersey and elsewhere, ix, 318. — In New Jersey,
x, 445.
Mingaghque, Relations with Bergen, i, 145, 15.1.
Minisink, Indians of, i, 458; Lands, 459 — ii, 48; Journal of a visit to, by
Arent Schuyler, 103.— Island of, vi, 163,165, 166, 170.— Patent, viii,
Part I, 135, 174, 208, 210, 211, 223, 232, 266, 274-276, 281, 290, 291.
— Memorial of the Proprietors of, viii, Part II, 20; Highways laid
out through, 23; Referred to, 28, 180; Claimed by New York, 33, 75;
A town burnt in, 181, 184, 185.
Minnevarre, Laird of, ix, 337, 338.
Minniell, G., Mayor of New York, Letter from, to Sir John Werden, i,
491.
Minshall, Edward, iii, 314.
Minshall, Francis, ii, 194, 199, 276, 416, 470; Signs the surrender of the
Government, 450-460; Asks for Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 470.
MinshulL Francis, Autograph, v, 510 — vii, 326.
Minuit, Peter, i, 2.
Mitchell. Jacob, ii, 129, 326.
Mitchell, James, x, 717.
Mitchell, William, ii, 395.
Mitchell, See Michel.
Mitchelsen (Michaelse, Michaelye), Elias, i, 49, 125, 320.
Mohawk River, Patents for lands upon, ix, 308.
Moll, John, i, 190, 195, 201, 203, 282.
Molleson, Gilbert, ii, 187-193, 198, 257, 263, 876, 40S, 410; Signs the
surrender of the Government, 456-460; Recommends Andrew Ham
ilton for Governor, 470.
Molleson, John, iii, 446 — iv, 9.
Mompeson, Roger, Recommended for the Council, iii, 78, 115; Ap
pointed Chief-Justice, 79, 125; Notice of, 116; Appointed a member
of the Council, 125; Referred to, 130, 155; In council, 290; Pro
posed as a member of Lord Lovelace's Council, 299 ; Appointed as
such, 317; His position as Chief -Justice sought for by others, 360;
Signs, 367; His removal as Chief-Justice asked for by the Assembly
of New Jersey, 371; Defence of, 373; Signs addresses, 415, 473;
The Proprietors ask that he may be left out of Governor Hunter's
Council, 497; Referred to, 501. — Member of Governor Hunter's

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 12-5
Council, iv, 2; Referred to, 31, 41, 48, 61; Resigns the office of
Chief-Justice, 70; Presides,' 101 ; Referred to, 130, 131; Salarv. 185
368; Dead, 208, 214, 216; Referred to, 324.— Referred to, v 844*
374.
Monckton, Robert. Named as a commissioner for trying pirates, ix, 2^3;
Referred to, 390, 400.
Monk, James, ix, 621.
Monmouth County, Disturbances in, ii, 328, 330; Indictment of sundry
persons in, 332; Proceedings of the Court of Sessions of, 302, 364,
371.— Taxes, iv, 368, 369.— Watches stationed on the coast of, vi'
373; Beacous destroyed, 378.— Riotous proceedings in, x, 148:
Speech of Governor Franklin in relation to the riots in, 173; Address
of the Assembly in relation to the same, 180; The same referred to,
198; Letter to, from Essex County Committee relative to events in
Boston, 459; Letter to, from Committee of Correspondence at Bos
ton, 49S.
Monmouth Patent, From Governor Nicolls, i, 43, 97.
Morrow, John, x, 15, 17.
Montague, Lord Charles, ix, 631.
Montague, Edward, x, 25.
Montgomerie, John, Drafts of commissions of, as Governor of New
York and New Jersey submitted to the King, v, 167; Letter from, to
the Lords of Trade, 167; Instruction to, 169-178; Referred to, 179,
181, 183; Letterfrom, to the Lords of Trade, 184; Notice of, 135;
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, inclosing Governor Burnet's
remarks on acts of the New Jersey Assembly, 189, 190; Letter to,
from the Lords of Trade, relative to interest money and paper bills,
200; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, respecting New Jersey
affairs, 206, 234; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to cer
tain actsof the New Jersey Assembly, 247; Letter from, to the Lords
of Trade, respecting the payment of interest money for incidental
expenses, 249; Answer to the same, 266; Letter from, to the Duke
of Newcastle, relative to New Jersey copper ore, 267; Letter from.
to the Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey affairs, 268 ; Memorial
to, from James Alexander, relative to the West Jersey surveyorship,
273; Letterfrom, to Lords of Trade, relative to several acts passed
by the New Jersey Assembly, 285; Letter from, to Secretary Popple,
291; Letterfrom, to the Duke of New Castle, relative to vacancies
in the New Jersey Council, 293; Death of, announced, 294, 295;
Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to acts of the New Jer
sey Assembly, 302; Referred to, 314, 315, 319, 371, 399, 457, 434,
492— vi, 71.
Montgomery, Michael, x, 718.
Montgomerie, William, vii, 542.
Moody, Daniel, ii, 113.
Moore, Alexander, viii, Part II, 228,

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Moore, Benjamin, iii, 165.
Moore, Cornelius. Indicted, vii, 43S.
31oore, Francis, ii, 327.
Moore, George, i, 192.
Moore, Sir Harry, Governor of New York, ix, 511; Proclamation of,
relative to the robbing of the Treasury of East Jersey, 564; Vice-
Admiral, 621 ; Referred to, 626. — Proclamation of, relative to the
robbery of the East Jersey Treasury, x, 39.
Moore, John, i, 195, 201.
Moore, John, iv, 98, 186— v, 89S, 402, 409, 410.
Moore (Moor), Sir John, ii, 164, 165, 194, 199, 238, 276, 299, 390, 302—
vi, 314.
Moore, J., Letter from, to the Governor of Maryland, relative to irregu
larities in New Jersey, ii, 464.
Moore. Joshua, x, 717.
Moore, Matthew, ii, 113, 292— iii, 483— iv, 9, 15.
Moore, Samuel, i, 50, 83: Commissioned to represent the New Jersey
Council in England, 93; Grant to, from Lords Berkeley and Car
teret, 104; Complaints against, 141, 142, 150; Appointed Provost
Marshal], 178, 319 ; Warrant for the arrest of, 321 ; Disposition of,
by the New York Council, 333.— Grand Juror, iii, 4S6, 487.
Moore, Rev. Mr., iii, 270.
Moravians, viii, Part II, 160, 165.
Moore, Enoch, iv, 215.
More, John, ii, 397.
More, Matthew, iii, 446.
More, Thomas, i, 50.
More, ¦ — - — , x, 113.
Morford, John, ii, 396.
Morford, Thomas, x, 600.
Morgan, Joseph, Improvements in modes of navigation, iv, 190, 194.
Morgann, Maurice, Commissioned Secretary of the Colony of New Jersey,
x, 1; Note on, 3; Deputes Joseph Reed, Jr., to be Deputy Secretary,
5, 8, 183.
Morgan, Simeon, iv, 80-85.
Morice. Thomas, ii, 470.
Morrey, Ferry, iv, 129.
Morris, Benjamin, vii, 603, 006.
Morris, Charles, ix, 582, 591, 621, 624, 631, 632.
Morris, Col., i, 299, 300.
Morris County, Letter from the Lieutenant Governor of New York, rela
tive to the erection of, viii, Part I, 266; Iron in, Part II, 79; Procla
mation of Governor Belcher relative to the defence of, 182. — When
set off, x, 293; Association of the inhabitants of Pequanock in, to
sustain the action of the Continental and Provincial Congress, 710.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 127
Morris, Dennis, ii, 825.
Morris (Moores), John, Deputy Sheriff of Essex County, ii, 336.— Grand
Juror, iii, 480, 487.
Morris, Lewis, i, 134; Certificate relative to the boundary line between
New York and New Jersey, 531.— Notice of, ii, 217; Commitment of,
for contempt of court, 217; Appointed one of Governor Hamilton's
Council, 328-331; President of Monmouth County Court, 833;
Present at the same, 302; Note on, 390; Letter from, to the Lords
of Trade, relative to the disorder in New Jersey, 398; Letter from, to
Secretary Popple, relative to the surrender of the Government of
East and West Jersey by the Proprietors, 412; Signs for Proprietors,
410; Recommended for Council. 417, 439, 431, 486; Letter from, to
the Lords of Trade, relative to Doekwra's objections to the appoint
ment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor of New Jersey, 442; Witness,
400; Recommends Andrew Hamilton for Governor, 470; Referred to,
472; Temporary authority conferred upon him by the Queen, 474;
Referred to, 478; Objected to as a member of Council, 4S8; Letter
from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the difficulties in New Jer
sey, 504; Appointed member of the Council, 507; Announces the
death of Governor Andrew Hamilton, 541. — One of Governor Corn
bury's Council, iii, 2; Influence over the Scotch settlers, 14; Referred
to, 47; Commissioner for New Jersey, 64; Criticism upon his conduct
by Lord Combury, and his suspension from Council announced to
the Lords of Trade, 73-77; His restoration to the Council asked for
by the Proprietors of West Jersey, 85; His suspension recommended
to be taken off by the Lords of Trade, 118, 124; Referred to, 132,
136, 138, 140, 143, 154, 188, 192-196, 223, 225; Colonel Quary's
remarks concerning, 236, 237; Referred to, 260, 268; Letter
from, to the Secretary of State, transmitting documents explan
atory of the difficulties in New Jersey. 274; Opinion of the Coun
cil concerning him, 28S, 365; Proposed as a member of Governor
Lovelace's Council, 299: Appointed as such, 317, 3iS, 329;
Referred to, 335; Order of the Privy Council, restoring him to
the Council of New Jersey, 349; Congratulatory address from,
to Governor Lovelace, 380 ; Verses ridiculing said address,
381-885; Referred to, 392-415; Suspended from the Council by
Lieutenant-Governor Ingoldsby, 464; Documents relative to, 476-.
496; Before the Court of Common Rights, -in 1698, 479-486; Ques
tions the right of the Proprietors to govern, 4S8; Letter to the As
sembly, 491; His restoration to the Council asked for by the Lords
of Trade, 499.— A member of Governor Hunter's Council, iv, 2, 19;
Referred to, 12, 33-35, 118, 119, 127-133; Remarks upon, by Rev.
Jacob Henderson, 150, 162, 163; Appointed a member of the Coun
cil, 182; Referred to, 200; Appointed Chief-Justice, in place of Mr.
Monpesson deceased, 208, 214; Indictment of, by the Grand Jury of
Burlington County, 239; Signs as member of the Council, 253, 810;

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Referred to, 316, 334; One of the commissioners to try pirates, 340;
Referred to, 303; Fees to, 372; Referred to, 373; Proclamation of,
as President, iu regard to the neglect of the assessors of some
Counties in New Jersey. 400; Memorial of the Proprietors to, rela
tive to the survey of the boundaries between New Jersey and New
York, 40S; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relating to said
boundary, 439; Notice of, 444; Letters from, to Peter Schuyler,
relating to the boundaries between New York and New Jersey, 4-10,
448.— -One of Governor Burnet's Council, v, 3, 34; Referred to, 59,
00, 103; Money paid to, 147, 151; Commissioner to try pirates, 197;
Announces to the Lords of Trade the death of Governor Montgomerie,
295; Address and memorial of the Council to, 290; Letterfrom, to
the Duke of Newcastle, in relation to the separate government for
New Jersey, 314; Referred to, 828; Complained of, by Governor
Cosby, 329-845 ; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the
proceedings of Governor Cosby, 349; Governor Cosby 's reasons for
removing him from the Chief-Justiceship, 300; Letterfrom Governor
Cosby to the Lords of Trade, relating to, 393-401; Referred to, 402;
Goes to England, 403; Complaints against, laid before the Queen,
40S; Referred to, 431, 432; Petition of, to the King, relative to his
dismission from the Council, 433; The King and Council declare the
reasons for his removal from the Chief-Justiceship insufficient, 437;
Referred to, 439, 449, 454; Letter from, to the Duke of Newcastle,
in support of his claim to the Presidency of the Council, 455; De
mands the administration of the Government, 463; Proclamation
issued by, as President of the Council, 464-467; His claims sub
mitted to the Duke of Newcastle by President Hamilton, 469 ; Letter
from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to his claims to the Presidency
of the Council of New Jersey, 473; Report of four of the Council on
his claim to the Presidency thereof, 474; Complaint made against
him by President Hamilton to the Lords of Trade, 478, 481 ; Pro
clamation by, 489; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, transmitting
his observations on Mr. Hamilton's reasons, 491 ; Made Governor of
New Jersey, 511. — Commission for, as Governor of New Jersey, vi,
1, 2; Instructions to, 13; Acknowledges the receipt of his commis
sion, 57; Letter from, to Sir Charles Water, relating to affairs of
New Jersey and New York, 60; Complained of, to the Lords of Trade
by John Hamilton, 69; Referred to, 73; Letter from, to the Duke of
Newcastle, relative to the raising of troops in New Jersey, 99; Letter
from, to the Duke of Newcastle, on New Jersey affairs, 100; Pro
clamation of, relating to the currency of foreign coins, 117; Letter
from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey affairs, 130;
Memorial to, from the Proprietors of East and West Jersey, relative
to the line between New York and New Jersey, 138; Representation
to, relative to the making of iron, 140; Address to, relative to the
partition line between New York and New Jersey, 144; His claim for

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 129
salary while striving to obtain the Presidency of the Council, 151;
Letter from Deputy Secretary Gellibrand relative, thereto, 153 : Let
ter from, to Governor George Clinton, relative to the boundaiy line
between New York and New Jersey, 162; Speeches of, to the Assem
bly and answers thereto, 178-190; Dissolves the Assembly, 190;
Memorial to, respecting the boundary line between New York and
New Jersey, 216; Representation to, from the Council, giving reasons
for rejecting several acts of the Assembly, 219; Recommendation of,
for the Council, 232; Certificate of, concerning the Proprietors' sur
render of the Government, 234; LTness of, 240; Message of, to the
Assembly, 251; Decease of, 363, 367; Names of his pall-bearers, 368;
Referred to, 423, 434, 444. — Succeeded as Governor by Jonathan
Belcher, vii, 1, 2; Referred to, 77, 116; Executors of, petition the
Lords of Trade to pay his salary, 171 ; Letters to, from the Lords of
Trade, relative to paper currency, 172 ; Reply of the Lords of Trade
to the petition of the executors, 173; Referred to, 213; Proceedings of
Council relative to arrears due to the family of, 335; Referred to,
353; Representation of the Assembly relative to said arrears, 459;
Comments of the Lords of Trade upon the action of the Assembly,
551 — viii, Part I, 76-78, 209; Memorial to, from the New Jersey
Proprietors, relative to the boundary line between that Province and
New York, 244.— Referred to, ix, 216, 231, 339.
Morris, Lewis, Jr., Suspended from the Council, v, 270. — Referred to,
vi, 169 — vii, 57; In relation to the division line between New York
and New Jersey, 163. — Death of, ix, 377; Notice of, 378. — Referred
to, x, 114.
Morris, Richard, ix, 321, 621.
Morris, Robert Hunter, Letter from, to James Alexander, commenting
on the proceedings of Governor Cosby, v, 431. — Member of Governor
Morris' Council, vi, 14, 15, 109; Report of, concerning the northern
boundary, 168; Referred to, 294, 314, 315, 316, 317, 329; Commis
sion to, to run the line between. East and West Jersey, 352; Referred
to, 355, 359, 360, 367-378, 395; Letterfrom, to the Lords of Trade,
giving an account of the Province, 419: In Council, 485; Message of
President Hamilton, relative to, 436; Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, at the request of President Hamilton, 446; Informed of the
riot at Perth Amboy, 463 ; Letter from, to James Alexander, respect
ing New Jersey affairs, 471— vii, 5; Member of Governor Belcher's
Council, 6; Letterfrom, to James Alexander, 17; Autograph of, 18;
In Council, 86, 88; Commends sundry officers, 102; Letter from, to
. James Alexander, relative to the appointment of Samuel Nevill as
Judge, 108; Referred to, 124; Address of, to the Speaker of the
Council of New York, 141 ; Attempts, with other members of the
Council, to advise Governor Belcher, 183; Communication from, to
the same, 185; Address of, with' other members of the Council, to
the King, relative to the riots, 189; Letter from, to F. J. Paris,

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relative to the same, 197; Referred to, 204; Answer of, to the rioters,
233; Signs as member of Council, 237; Referred to, 259; Letter
from, to J.'F. Paris, 262; Referred to, 280, 284, 285, 287, 28S;
Empowered to act for the Proprietors of East Jersey, in matters re
lating to the riots, 318; Letter from, relating to the riots in Newark,
32S; Letter from, in relation to reuniting New Jersey to New York,
331; In Council, 335; Referred to, 347, 353-354; Petition of, rela
tive to the disorders in the Province, 379; Complains of the injustice
of the Assembly in refusing to pay arrears of salary due the late Gov
ernor, his father, 401; Referred to, 403; Deposition of, relative to
the riots, 408; Opinion of, against passing an act of general pardon
in favor of the rioters, 409 ; Signs letters to Governor Belcher, 452-
456; Referred to, 463, 467, 472, 474, 477, 479, 501, 503, 507, 508, 511,
521, 525 ; Letter to, from Cadwallader Colden, 552 ; Referred to, 574,
603; Letters to, from J. Alexander, 626, 644, 651.— Letter from, to
the Lords of Trade, relative to the Constitution of the Council of
New Jersey, viii, Part I, 13; Papers relative to the state of affairs in
the Province, 28; Letter to, from Governor Clinton, 92; Referred to,
102; Letter to, from the Secretary of Governor Clinton, relative to
-Provincial affairs, 116, 120; Referred to, 135; Letter to, from Mr.
Paris, relative to the boundary line between New York and New
Jersey, 152; Reply to the same, 157; Letter to, from Charles Read,
1S6; Bond of indemnity, 200; Referred to, 213; Memorandum con
cerning line between New York and New Jersey, 267; Referred to,
269. — Appointed Governor of Pennsylvania, viii, Part II, 91; Letter
to, from Governor Belcher, relative to Indian affairs, 116; Referred
to, 117, 120; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the
threatened invasion of the French and Indians, 158; From the same,
relative to the condition of military affairs, 161, 165 ; Referred to,
173; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to military move
ments, 180; Petition of, as a Proprietor, 228; Informs the Earl of
-Loudon, of the death of Governor Belcher, and objections of John
Reading to assume chief authority, 259; Referred to, 266-270 — ix,
7; Pretension of, to the office of Chief -Justice of New Jersey, 176;
Letter from the Lords of Trade on said pretension of, 191 ; Shows
¦Governor Bernard why he ought to be permitted to resume the office
of Chief-Justice, and incloses to him a copy of his patent, 206, 207;
His claims presented to the Lords of Trade, 209 ; Proceedings of the
Supreme Court in relation to the claims of, 212, 214-218; Dispute be
tween him and Nathaniel Jones, respecting the office of Chief-Jus
tice, 230; Informs Governor Boone of said dispute, 235; Referred to,
248, 264; Member of Governor Hardy's Council, 274; Named as one
of the Commissioners for trying pirates, 283; Referred to, 324, 343,
343; Re-appointed Chief-Justice, 345, 351; Referred to, 355, 361,
362; Recommended for Chief- Justice, 364; Death of, 426, 427; Re
ferred to, 430, 442, 445— x, 131.

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Morris, Stephen, vii, 436.
Morris, William, Recommended for the Council, iv, 68, 153 ; Referred to,
by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 157; Recommended for the Council, 169,
170; Dead, 171, 376.
Morris, William, Nominated for the Council, vii, 575, 577; Referred to,
593-505, 000; Memorial of Richard Partridge, respecting him, 602;
Certificates in defence of his character, 603-606; Letter from Gov
ernor Belcher, to the Lords of Trade, relative to him, 607; From the
same, to Lord Hardwicke, respecting him, 611; Referred to, 028,
629 ; Deposition of Samuel Tucker, as to the character of, 636; Affir
mation of, relative to the conduct of Lewis M. Ashfield, 642 ; Referred
to, 651— viii, Part I, 111.
Morrison, Archibald, vii, 282.
Morse, Robert, ii, 327.
Morton, George, i, 413.
Morton, John, x, 529.
Morton, Thomas, ii, 291.
Mosse, Peter, i, 50.
Mosse, Robert, i, 50, S5.
Mott, Gersham, ii, 363.— Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund,
iii, 212.— Referred to, iv, 37; Expelled from the Assembly, 126.— Re
ferred to, vi, 154.
Mott, William, vi, 202— viii, Part II, 151.
Moullains, Jacob, i, 50.
Mount, Humphry, Deposition of, viii, Part I, 41.
Mount, William, i, 523.
Mourison, Henry, x, 718.
Mourison, Mouris, x, 71S.
Mudie (Mudy), David, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 460, 499, 528, 530.
Mudie, Janet, ii, 107.
Muilman, Henry, vii, 326.
Muirhead, John, iv, 877.
Mulford, Benjamin, x, 531.
Mulford, Samuel, iv, 293, 294, 296, 344, 345.
Munday, Nicholas, iv, 186, 189.
Munson, John, x, 717.
Murch, John, x, 285.
Murder within the limits of the Admiral's jurisdiction, Bill for the pun
ishment of, ix, 353.
Murray; James, is, 622.
Murray, John, x, 562.
Murray, Joseph, v, 404— vi, 393, 896.— Letter to, from James Alexander,
vii, 77; Papers sent by, 80, 81.— Memorandum, relative to New York
and New Jersey boundary line, submitted to, viii, Part I, 267; Re
ferred to, 269-274.
Murray, Robert, x, 563.

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Murray, W., Solicitor-General, Report of, upon certain acts passed in
New Jersey, vii, 305.
Musise, Cornelius, ii, 326.
Mutineers and enemies to the Government, Peace and welfare of the
Province, i, 90, 176. N.
Nahihan, John,'ii, 396.
Kane, W. P., iii, 306.
Nassau Hall, Erection of, viii, Part II, 146,
Nassau, John, Lieutenant-Governor of New York, ii, 237.
Naturalization, Acts relating to, x, 411.
Naval Stores, Memorial relative to improvements in the production of,
v, 68.
Navel 1, James, i, 268, 284.
Navesink, Oath of allegiance taken by the inhabitants of, 1667-68, i, 51 ;
To produce the laws and publish them, 59; Notice to the inhabitants
to take out their patents, 120; Controversy with Elizabethtown, 477.
Neal, Henry, v, 155.
Ned, A slave of Hatton, x, 207, 208, 279.
Negroes imported into New Jersey, v, 152. — Number of, in the Colonies,
vi, 90. — Bill for laying a duty on the importation of, ix, 844, 347,
383, 444, 458.
Neilson, James, x, 471, 587, 588.
Nelson, Benjamin, Signs the surrender of the government, ii, 456-460;
Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 470.
Nelson, James, vii, IOS.
N  s, Lord, Political creed with respect to America, x, 492.
Net, Rene, v, 153.
Netheway, Jonathan, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79.
Nethorp, Edward, i, 268.
Neuman, Wm., i, 51, 134.
Neversink, Beacon on the Highlands of, vi, 378, 379.
Nevill, James, i, 118; Appointed Secretary of West Jersey, 275; Magis
trate, 292 ; Letter from to Governor Penn, 381, 413 ; Signs, 508.
Nevill, Samuel, vi, 139; Vote on the Militia Act, 202, 203; Referred to,
255; Speech in the Assembly, in answer to the rioters' petition, 323;
Notice of, 323; Referred to, 409, 410, 417, 418; Charge of, to the
Grand Jury of Middlesex County, 456 ; Referred to, 468, 470. — An
swer of the rioters to his speech, vii, 30; Appointed Second Judge,
97; Comments upon his appointment, by Robert H. Morris, 107; Re
ferred to, 114, 212, 215, 254, 258, 283; Speaker of the Assembly,
351, 353; Referred to, 364, 450, 475, 478, 544, 546.— Letter to, from
Governor Belcher, relative to the riot at Perth Amboy, viii, Part I,
38; Letterfrom, to Governor Belcher, relative to the trial of Lewis

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 133
M. Ashfield, 40; To the same, relative to the riot at Amboy, 46;
Salary, 105; Bond of indemnity, 200; Memorandum concerning line
between New York and New Jersey, 267; Referred to, 269.— To agree
with printer for printing bills of credit, viii, Part IL 71; Warrants
to, 151-153; Jurat, 224; Petition of, as a Proprietor, 228; Warrants
232, 234.— Referred to, ix, 21, 214, 217, 224; Re-appointed, 345, 427.
Nevill, Thomas, vi, 465, 466.
Newark, Letter from Governor Carteret, to the Indian Sachem Oraton,
relative to, i, 55; Directions as to the arrears of quit-rents of, 106;
Notice to the inhabitants of, to take out their patents, 119 ; Relation
with the Council of New Netherlands, 133, 124, 120, 128-130, 134,
137, 138, 142 ; Petition of the inhabitants of, to the Council of New
Netherlands, 155; Officers at, 3.20.— Letter from the town of, to the
other towns iu East New Jersey, in reference to a certain act of the
Legislature, and reflecting upon the conduct of Governor Basse, ii,
27G; Letter from, condemning Governor Basse, 273.— Riots at, vi,
250, 292; Publication of the East Jersey Proprietors, relative to, 297;
Referred to, 32), 330; State of facts, concerning, 397; Remarks of
James Alexander, and Robert Hunter Morris, upon said riots, 420;
Letter from David Ogden, with affidavits respecting, 426-432; Ob
servations upon, by President Hamilton, 436; Increase of, 446. — In
dian deed of sale to, vii, 31; Treatment of the settlers referred to, 43;
Riots at, 210, 219; Affidavits respecting them, 178-182.
Newbold, Barzillai, viii, Part II, 151-153, 233, 234.
Newbold, John, i, 269.
Newbound, Michael, iv, 310.
New Brunswick, Seal of, v, 283, 284.
Newby, Mark, i, 419.
Newcastle, Duke of, Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to in
structions for Jonathan Belcher, appointed Governor of New Jersey,
vii, 1 ; Reply to the same, 2 ; Instructions for Governor Belcher in
closed to, 4; Referred to, 67, 100; Officers who had served in the ex-
petition to Canada, recommended to, 102; Suceeded as Secretary of
State by the Duke of Bedford, 137.— Referred to, ix, 15.
New Castle, Governor Andros to Commanders and Justices at, i, 189 ;
Meeting of Commander and Justices, 190, 191; Private court held
at, 192 ; Letter from the authorities to the Council of New York
relative to John Fenwicke, 200; Meeting of Commander and Justices
" of, 201 ; Letter to the same from the Council of New York relative
to John Fenwicke, 201 ; Letter from the same to John Fenwicke,
203; Order to, from Governor Andros, 204; Court held at, relative to
the conduct of John Fenwicke, 274; Order and letter to the Court
at, respecting John Fenwicke, from Secretary Nicolls, 278, 279, 280 ;
Meeting of the Court, 281 ; Letter from the authorities of, to Captain
Matthias Nicolls, relative to John Fenwicke, 282; Justices at, ordered

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to protect the inhabitants on the East side of the River in the pos
session of their lands, 285; Referred to, 347, 348.
Newcomb, Joseph, x, 531.
Newcornb, Silas, Lieutenant, ix, 185, 186— x, 531.
Newell, James, i, 2S3.
Newell, James, Deposition of, viii, Part I, 48. — Referred to, x, 302.
New Hampshire, ii, 123; Its Lieutenant-Governor and several of its in
habitants notorious illegal traders, 36.3. — Quota of, for the defence of
New York, viii, Part I, 195.
New Jersey, Patent for, to the Duke of York, i, 3; Lease for, to John,
Lord Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret, 8; Release to the same, 10;
Philip Carteret's commission as Governor of, 20; Robert Vauquillin's
commission as surveyor, 26; Concessions and agreements to and
with the settlers, 28 ; The Lords Proprietors' (rue intent and mean
ing of their concessions, 99, 101; Inhabitants of towns in petition to
the Council of New Netherlands for confirmation of their privileges,
155; Number of families in, in 1605, 183; Divided by Quintipartite
Deed into East and West Jersey, 205; Sir John Werden, on the ex
tent of the authority granted to the Proprietors of, 2S9; Visit to,
from Governor Andros, 299. — Report of Solicitor-General Trevor, on
the grant of, ii, 100; Connection with illegal trading, 122; Letter
from the Lords of Trade, relative to Ports in, 201 ; Proclamation of
Governor Bellomont of New York, against the establishment of
Courts in New Jersey, 218; Documents relative to the Ports, 247 ;
Disorders in, 327; Letter from the Lords of Trade relative to the
boundary between it and New York, 367; Letter to the Lords of
Trade from New York Council, relative to the conditions of, 368;
The disorders in, 398; Surrender of the Government of, to the
Crown, 452; Letter from the Governor of Maryland relative to irreg
ularities in, 462; Petition from the Proprietors of, that Andrew
Hamilton be appointed Governor of the Province, 469; The Lords of
Trade recommend to the Queen that some one not connected with
its affairs be appointed Governor, 484; Council for, recommended
by the Earl of Nottingham, 4S6; Lord Combury commissioned Gov
ernor of, 488, 489; Lord Clarenden's letter concerning the Council
of, with enclosure, 501 ; Letter from the Lords of Trade concerning
the same, 502 ; Letter from Lewis Morris 'relative to the difficulties
in, 504; Letter from Robert Quary, relative to the troubles in, 544. —
The pretentions and injustices of the Proprietors of, iii, IS; Bills
affecting the interests of the Proprietors of, 29 ; Objections of the
Proprietors to two of the Council of, 35 ; Difficulties attending the
raising of troops in, 53; Commissioners for, 64; Rights of the Pro
prietors of, in fines, escheats, etc., 108; Speech of Lord Cornbury to
the Assembly of, 165; Petition of the Assembly of, relative to the
difficulties of Lord Cornbury's Government, 171; Remonstrance of
the Assembly of, against certain evils to which Lord Cornbury was

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subjecting the Province, and his reply, 173, 180; Address of the
Governor and Council of, to the Queen, congratulating her on the
success of Her Magesty's Arms, 239; Answer of the Assembly of,
to Lord Cornbury's reply to their remonstrances, 242; Several mem
bers of the Assembly of, reported by Lord Combury as not qual
ified, 269; Documents explanatory of the difficulties in, 274 : Pro-
eedings of the Assembly of objected to by the Council, 286 ; Minutes
of the Assembly of, from the 5th to the 12th of May, 1708, 291 ;
Speech of the Governor to the Assembly of, 293; Lord John Lovelace
appointed Governor of, 298; Objections of some of the Proprie
tors of, to several of the members of the Council, 300; Order
of the Council of, relative to Receiver-General Barclay, 332;
Speech of Lord Lovelace to the Assembly of, 361; Reply to the same,
362; Address of the Lieut. -Governor and Council of, to the Queen,
364; Address of the Assembly of, to Governor Lovelace, in relation
to said address to the Queen, 368; Defence of the Council of, 372;
The Assembly of, complain of Peter Sonmans to the Governor, 374;
Address of, to the same, relative to Peter Fauconnier, 379; Address
from the same, to the Queen, relative to the address of the Council
complaining of the Assembly, 3S5; Address of the Council of, to
Lord Lovelace, relative' to the proceedings of the Assembly of, 390;
Answer of Peter Sonmans to the complaints of the Assembly against
him, 416; Petition to the Assembly of, against Peter Sonmans, 445;
Report of the said committee upon the said petition, 447; Memorial
from several Proprietors asking for a change in the Council, 497. — An
intended meeting of the Assembly of, iv, 11 ; Relative to the place of
said meeting, 16; Address of the Council of, to Governor Hunter, 17;
Minutes of the Assembly of, 19, 22; Representation of the Assembly
of, relative to the administration of Governor Cornbury, 24; Com
plaints o" the Assembly of, against William Hall, 79; Memorial of
the same, relative to the perversions of justice in the courts of law,
87; Petition of several of the members of the Assembly of, to Lord
Cornbury, 110; Address of the Assembly of, to the Queen, 134;
Troops and money raised by, for the Canadian expedition, 13S;
Memorial of the Proprietors of, in England, relative to the disputes
between the Council and the Assembly of, 140; Letter from Governor
Hunter relative to changes in the Council of, 149; Action of the
Lords of Trade in relation to the Council of, asked by Governor
Hunter, 151; Persons recommended to fill vacancies in the Council
of, 152; The Bishop of London invited to assist the Lords of Trade
in selecting Councillors for, 168; Communication from, to the Queen,
relative to changes in the Council of, 109 ; Governor Hunter's reply
to Lord Clarendon's objection to apply £999 for the support of the
government of, 211; Speech of Governor Hunter to the Assembly
of, 249; Address of the Council and Assembly of, to' the King, upon
the defeat of the Scotch rebellion, 252; Disorders in, 297; Address

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of the House of Representatives of, to Governor Hunter, 303; New
seal for, 332 ; Message and speech of Governor Hunter to the Assem
bly of, 304, 365; Neglect of the Assessors of some of the counties in,
400 ; Memorial of the Proprietors of, relative to the survey of the
boundaries between it and New York, 408; Petition of the inhabi
tants of New York relating thereto, 433 ; Letter of Lewis Morris re
lating thereto, 439; Caveat of Daniel Coxe, 444; Answer of Governor
Hunter to queries relating to, 449; Proceedings of the Council of
West Jersey Proprietors relating to the boundary line, 452.— Assembly
of, dissolved by Governor Burnet, v, 8 ; Condition of, in 1721, 20 ; Ad
dresses of the Assembly of, and speeches of Governor to, 24-27;
Report on proposed alterations in the Constitution of, 72; Opinion as
to tho ownership of gold and silver mines in, 74; Address of the
Assembly of, to the King, 77; Report on acts of the Assembly of,
79 ; Respecting the manner of electing representatives to the Assem
bly of, S3; Instruction to Governor Burnet relative to the same, S4;
Negroes imported in, 152; Value of the paper money of, in New
York, 153; Value of the same in Perth Amboy, 154; Letter from the
Lords of Trade, relative to the same, 156 ; Census of the population
of, 1726, 164; Address of the Grand Jury of, to the King, 185;
Address and memorial of the Council of, to President Morris, on the
death of Governor Montgomerie, 296; A separate governor for,
desired, 308, 314; Petition of the Assembly and Council of, for a
separate government, 441 ; Petition of Richard Partridge for a separ
ate Governor of, referred to the Lords of Trade, 448; Sir William
Keith's memorial on the same subject, 450; Reasons for appointing a
separate governor received from Mr. Partridge, 451 ; Minute of the
Council of, 468; Report of four of the Council of, ou the claim of
Lewis Morris to the Presidency thereof, 474; The difficulties in, 479;
Lord Dela- Warr appointed Governor, 490; Lewis Morris made Gover
nor. 511.: — Address of the Council and Representatives of, to the
King, thanking him for giving New Jersey a separate Governor, vi,
53; Memorial of the Proprietors of, relative to the line between it
and New York, 13S; Representation of the Council and Assembly of,
to Governor Morris, relative to encouragement for the making of
iron, 140; Address of the Eastern Council of Proprietors of, to
Governor Morris, relative to the line between it and New York, 144;
Disturbances on the northern boundary of, 163; Memorial of the
Proprietors of the Eastern division of, concerning the partition line,
216; Several acts of the Assembly of, rejected by the Council of, with
reasons therefor, 219; Certificate of Governor Morris concerning the
surrender of the government of, by the Proprietors, 234; Population
of, in 1837-33, and in 1745, 242-214; Minutes of the House of Rep
resentatives of, 246; Publication of the Proprietors of the eastern
division of, -relative to the riots, 297; Commissioners appointed to run
the line between the eastern and western divisions, 352 ; Letter from

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 137
the Proprietors of the eastern division of, to a committee of the sub
scribers to a proposal sent to the Governor, 353; Notice from the
Proprietors of the eastern division of, stating their willingness to
appear in Court, to test their rights, 365 ; Minutes of the Council of,
367-373; Proceedings of the Council of, March 19, 1746,424; Pro
ceedings of the. Council of, May 6th aud 7th, 1747, 435.— Proceedings
of the Council of, on the arrival of Governor Belcher, vii, 11;
Address of the same, to Governor Belcher, 13; Reply thereto, 14;
Address of Governor Belcher to the Council and Assembly of, 19;
Answers to the same, 23-29 ; Message from, the same, to the same, 67 ;
Address of the Council of, to Governor Belcher, 81 ; Proceedings of
the same, relative to the riots, S6, 88; Message of Governor Belcher
to the Council and Assembly of, relative to the expedition to Crown
Point, 94; Letter from the Council of, to the Duke of Newcastle,
recommending sundry officers who had served in the expedition to
Canada, 102; Message from Governor Belcher to the Assembly of,
103; Legislature of, prorogued by Governor Belcher, 104; Address of
the Council of, to Governor Belcher, 110; Acts of the Assembly of,
transmitted by Governor Belcher, 137-140; Message to the Council
and Assembly of, from Governor Belcher, 149; Communication from
the members of the Council of, to Governor Belcher, 1S5; Address
of the same, to the King, 1S9; Address of the same, to the Duke of
Bedford, relative to the riots, 191; Petition from the Council of Pro
prietors of the eastern division of, to the King, in relation to the
riots, 198 ; Letter from the Council of, to the Lords of Trade, relative
to the riots, 236; Report of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-Gen
eral upon certain acts passed in, 305; Proposals of the Lords of
Trade with regard to the disturbances in, 311-316; Proprietors of
West Jersey pray relief from the riots, etc., in, 316; Power of attor
ney from Proprietors of East Jersey, to Robert H. Morris, to act for
them in matters relating to the riots, 318; Letter frpm J. Alexander
in relation to reuniting the Province of, to New York, 831 ; Message
from Governor Belcher to the Legislature of, 332; Proceedings of the
Council of, relative to arrears due the family of the late Governor
Morris, 333; Address of the House of Assembly of, to Governor
Belcher, 345; Petition of the same, to the King, relative to the con
dition of the Province, 351 ; Centention between the Assembly and
the Council of, 356; Letter from F. J. Paris respecting the junction
of the Province of New York with, 360; Letterfrom Governor Bel
cher respecting the proceedings of the Assembly of, 361; From
Richard Smith respecting the same, 365; Affidavits showing the state
of the Province, 369-379; Complaint against the Assembly of, for
not paying the arrears of salary due the late Governor Morris, 401 ;
Letter from six of the Council of, to Governor Belcher, relative to
the state of the Province, 452; Representation of the Assembly of,
relative to arrears of salary due to the late Governor Morris, 459 ;

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Petition of the Assembly of, to the King, 462; Representation of the
Lords of Trade, on the state of the Province of, 466; Memorial of
the Council of, to the King's Privy Council, relative to the riots, 537;
Minutes of the Council of, 541-550; Message from Governor
Belcher, to the Council and Assembly of, 580, 583; Assembly
of, dissolved, 587; Messages of Governor Belcher to the Coun
cil and new Assembly, 591, 015, 625, 634; Acts transmitted, 646.—
Memorial relative to the disturbances in, viii, Part I, 1; Message to
the Legislature of, from Governor Belcher, 12; The Constitution of
the Council of, 13; Memorial relative to, 18; Message of Governor-
Belcher relative to a bill for the support of the Government of, 21;
Report of the Lords of Trade on some of the proceedings of the As
sembly of, 28; Extracts from the minutes of the Council, relative to
the riots at Perth Amboy, 43; Order in Privy Council, relative to the
riotous proceedings iu, 53; Report upon the draft of a commission for
inquiring into the grievances of, 90; Minutes of the Council of, 103;
Opinion of the Lords of Trade .on the boundaries between New
York and, 128; Letter of Robert Charles, relative to the same, 135;
Argument that the forks of the Delaware are the true northern limits
of, 139; The act of 1747 relative to, 144; Petition of the Proprietors
of the eastern division of, to the King, relative to the repeal of the
Boundary Act of 1747, 160; Petition of the Assembly of, for making
current £60,000 in bills of credit, 183 ; Disputes between the people of,
and those of New York for want of a dividing line, 190; Quota of
assistance of, to the defence of New York, 195, 196; Bill for the
issue of £00,000 recommended by the Lords of Trade, 196; Bond of
indemnification by the Council of. the Proprietors of the eastern
division to William Alexander and John Smyth, 200; Memorial of
the Council of Proprietors of the eastern division of, relative to the
boundary line, 202; Memorial of the Proprietors of both divisions to
-, Governor Le,wis Morris, 244; Proceedings of the Council and Assem
bly of, transmitted to the Lords of Trade, 287. — Petition of the As
sembly of, relative to the bill for making current £70,000, viii, Part
II, 14; Unsatisfactory proceedings of the Assembly of, 24; Action of
the same upon various subjects, 26; Bill for making current £70,-
000, 36; Queries relating to tbe present condition of, with answers
by Governor Belcher, 78 : Message to the Assembly of, from Govern
or Belcher, 93; Action of, thereupon, 94; Representation of the
Lords of Trade to the King in relation to bills of credit, 100; Mes
sages to the Council and Assembly of, from Governor Belcher, 119,
128, 102; Governor Belcher directs a meeting of the Assembly of, to
be called, 181; Message of Governor Belcher to Council and Assem
bly of, 103, 193, 201 ; The services of, in defending the country com
mended by the Lords of Trade, 206; Petition of the Proprietors of
the eastern division of, relative to the boundary line, 225; Council
and Assembly summoned to meet, 249. — Address of the Council of,

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 139
to Lieutenant-Governor Pownall, ix, 4; Assembly of, prorogued, 120 ;
Vacancies in the Council of, 127; Message from the Assembly of, to
Governor Bernard, 129; Speeches of the Governor to the Legislature
of, 159, 291; Reply of the same, 222; Use of former seal of, con
tinued, 239; Imputed illegal trade in, 240; Amicable proceedings of
the Assembly of, 248; Defective post arrangements in, 249; Action
of the Assembly of, in relation to raising additional troops, 260, 261;
Post routes in, 265 ; Address of the representatives of, to Governor
Boone, 287; Certain acts of the Legislature of, recommended to be
disapproved, 331; Duties on negroes imported in, 345 ; Ordinance
for holding the Supreme Court for the Province of, 434 ; Lists of in
struments used in the Courts, etc., of, 480; Elicit trade in, -184;
Marriage licenses in, 504; The seditious spirit aroused in, by the
Stamp Act, 505, 507, 524; Minutes of the Council of, 509; Address
from the Council and Assembly of, to the King, and the repeal of the
Stamp Act, 558, 560; Council of, congratulates Governor Franklin on
the repeal of the Stamp Act, 562 ; Robbery of the treasury of the
eastern division of, 564; Votes of the Assembly of, transmitted to
the Lords of Trade, 567, 568; Conduct of the people of, during the
late disturbances approved by the King, 570; Henry Wilmot ap
pointed agent of, 571 ; Annual salaries granted to the officers of,
579; Fees taken in the different offices of, 592; Salaries of Governor
and Judges of, 620 ; The King's displeasure with fhe Assembly of,
636. — Petition of the Assembly of, against taxation for revenue pur
poses, x, 18; Civil establishment of, 50; Proceedings of the Assem
bly of, iu connection with the bill for issuing £100,000 in bills of
credit, 60; Laws of, printed, 97, 102; The Lords of Trade recom
mend that the act of the Assembly of, for issuing £100,000 be disal
lowed, 106; Act disallowed, 115, 196; Riots iu Monmouth and Essex
Counties, 172, 180; Council of, 193; Displeasure of the Assembly of,
at the disallowance of the Paper Money Act, 200; Message from Gov
ernor Franklin to the- Assembly of, relative to supplies for the troops,
203; Answer to the same, 204; Report on certain acts of the Legis-
ture, 233; Assembly of, refuse to provide for the King's troops, 237;
Speech of Governor Franklin to the Assembly and Council of, 2-38;
Answer to the same, 242; Message of Governor Franklin to the As
sembly of, 243; Reply to, 251; Rejoinder, 256; Supplies for the
troops stiU refused by the Assembly of, 297; An agent for appointed,
320; Arrears due to the troops, and debt incurred during the late
war to be paid, 321; Minutes of the Council of, 351, 419; Message of
the Governor, relative to the resignation of the Treasurer of the
eastern division of, 420; The present state and condition of, 433-454;
Speech of Governor to the Council and Assembly, 538; Reply of the
Council to the Governor's speech, 541 ; List of the membei-s of the
Council of, 561 ; Provincial Congress of, 639; Congress of, assumes
command of the militia, 656; No gentleman will accept a seat in the

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Council of, 663; Its quota of the $3,000,000 issued by the Continen
tal Congress, 670; The submission of, to the Continental Congress
gives the King great concern, 675 ; Ships taken from, to be seized,
711; Message of Governor Franklin to the Legislature of, 719.
Newman, Walter, ii, 320.
New Netherlands, Director and Council of, Patent to Samuel Godyn and
Samuel Bloemmaert, i. 1; Minutes of, 122; Petition to, from the in
habitants of towns in New Jersey, 155.
New York, Name of, given by Governor Nicolls, i, 47; Capture of, by the
Dutch, 121 ; Affidavit of William Hayes, relative to the taking of,
152; Proceedings of tbe government of, relative to the jurisdiction
of John Fenwicke, 1SS, 196, 200, 278, 280, 3S3; Court of Assizes at,
for the trial of Governor Carteret, 303; Letter to Governor and
Council of, relative to the ownership of Staten Island, from Governor
Carteret and Council, 340; Province suffering from loss of East and
West Jersey, 491; Line between New Jersey, 518; Report on the
Province of, 524. — Minutes of the Council of, relative to the boundary
line between New York and East Jersey, ii, 106; Quota of troops
from other Colonies for its defence, 134; Duties on the Hudson trade to
be paid in, 200; Minutes of the Council of, relative to the clearance
of a vessel from, to Perth Amboy, 237; Report on the harbor of, 252;
Boundary line between it and the Jerseys, 367; Three of the Council
of, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the condition of the Jerseys,
368. — Commissioners for, iii, 64. — Assembly of, authorize the run
ning of the partition line, iv, 365; Report of Council of, on Jarratt's
petition about boundary line, 406; Petition to Council, relative to
survey of the line, 433. — Memorandum relating to, v, 511. — Opinion
of the Lords of Trade, on the boundaries between it and New Jersey,
viii, Part I, 128; Quota of assistance to its northern frontier, 194;
Report of the Committee of the Assembly of, on border disturbances,
Part II, 20; Extracts from the minutes of the Assembly of, relative
to border disturbances, 28.
New York and Elizabeth Town Committees of Observation, Proceedings
of, x, 501-568 ; New York and Massachusetts, boundary line be
tween, 600.
Nicholls, Matthias, i, 197, 201, 239, 282, 287, 304, 307.
Nicholson, Colonel Francis, iii, 461, 462. — Letter from, to the Lords of
Trade, relative to the Quakers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 404.
— Referred to, 471 — iv, 37, 118.
Nicholson, Samuel, i, 227, 209, 414.
Nicholson, Governor of South Carolina, on protection against the Indians,
v, 113.
Nicolls, Captain, i, 76, 334, 336.
Nicoll, William, ii, 106— vii, 43.
Nicolls (Nicholls), Richard, Application to, for the Elizabethtown grant,
i, 15; Confirmation by, of the purchase of the Elizabethtown tract

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from the Indians, 17; Grant from, for lands at Sandy Point (Sandy
Hook) and on Earitan Bay, 43; Letter to the Duke of York, relative
to the grants to Berkeley and Carteret, 46; Letter from, relative to the
same, 54; Referred to, 88, 98, 108; Legal opinion on Iris patent for
Elizabethtown, 272; Referred to, 301, 429, 437— ii, 108, 109, 125, 126,
322, 347— iii, 18, 30, 31, 56— vi, 208— vii, 269— ix, 239.
Nicolson, Mr. (General), iv, 220, 224, 225.
Nightingale, Samuel, ii, 339.
Nightingall, Simon, Grand Juror, Essex County, iii, 496,
Nilly, John, iv, 185.
Nix, John, x, 718.
Noble, Joseph, viii, Part n, 71, 235.
Noble, Richard,!, 227, 414.
Non-resident debtors, Acts relating to, x, 800, 325-329, 837.
Norris, Henry, ii, 129, 326.
Norris, Henry, Jr., ii, 326.
Norris, Captain Matthew, v, 328.
North Carolina, Resort for pirates, ii, 120, 359.
North, Lord, x, 492.
Northey, Edward, Attorney-General, ii, 432 — iii, 108, 155 — iv, 330 — v,
338, 345.
Northumberland, Earl of, ix, 621.
Norton, Fletcher, Solicitor-General, ix, 397.
Norton, James, x, 717.
Norton, John, ii, 4.2-02, 66, 74, 79; Signs the surrender of the govern
ment, 456-460; Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamilton as
Governor, 470.— Referred to, iii, 82, 95, 498— iv, 95; Affidavit of, 98;
Signs as a Proprietor, 141.
Nottingham, Earl of, Recommends to the Lords of Trade, a Council for
New Jersey, ii, 4S0 ; Letter to, from the Lords of Trade, relative to
the Council of New Jersey, 503.— Communication to, from Peter
Sonmans, relative to Jeremiah Basse, iii, 23.
Nox, James, x, 717.
Nugent, Sir George, ix, 450.
Nuttman, James, ii, 336.
Nys, Philip, i, 138. o.
Oake, William, x, 471, 588.
Odell, Rev. Jonathan, x, 302.
Officers of Government, Moneys paid to, viii, Part I, 67-72, 76-79, 105.
Ogborne, John, Jr., iv, 98.
Ogborne, William, iv, 98.
Ogden, Amos, Lieutenant-Colonel, ix, 186.
Ogden, Benjamin, ii, 129, 334, 339, 396.

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Ogden. Benjamin, Contributes to a supposed Combury Fund, iii, 199;
Affidavit thereto, 201.
Ogden, Benjamin, Jr., ii, 334.— Grand Juror for Essex County, iii, 496.
Ogden, David, i, 50— ii, 839.
Ogden, David, vi, 293, 294, 314, 315, 318, 334, 349, 355, 393, 395, 396,
412; Letter from, to President Hamilton, transmitting affidavits
respecting the riots, 426; Notice of, 427.— Referred to, vii, 48-51
Letter to, from James Alexander, relative to the rioters, 53, 288
Letter from, to J. Alexander, relative to the titles of the rioters, 343
To the same, respecting the riot at Horseneck, 304, 368; Letter to,
from J. Alexander, relative to the trial of the rioters, 430; Referred
to, 527; Recommended by the Lords of Trade, to be made a member
of the Council, 578; Appointed, 588; Referred to, 609, 628, 629, 649
—viii, Part I, 43, 293; Part II, 268— ix, 217, 274; Named as one of
the Commissioners for trying pirates, 283; Mr. Ashfield claims prece
dence over him iu the Council, 430; Precedence given to him, 447;
Referred to, 449; Notice of, 4-51; In Council, 509, 518; Observations
of, on the resumption of business under the Stamp Act, by the
Attorneys, 531. — Stable and out-houses of, burned by the rioters,
x, 149, 183; Resigns his seat in the Assembly, 806; The dispute rela
tive to his resignation, 334; Report on the claim of the Assembly to
order an election to supply his place, 369; Commission of, as Supreme
Court Justice, 372; Notice of, 372; Referred to, 413, 427; Salary of,
450; Member of Council, 501.
Ogden, Isaac, x, 467.
Ogden, John, i, 18, 50, 82, 84, 122; His appointment as a civil officer by
the Council of New Netherlands, and his acts as such, 128-130, 137,
13S, 141, 149, 155; Referred to, 300, 334— ii, 326— vi, 208, 210.
Ogden, John, Jr., i, 50.
Ogden, Jonathan, i, 50— ii, 129, 3.26, 339, 397— iii, 486.
Ogden, Jonathan, Jr., ii, 129, 384, 339, 396.
Ogden, Joseph, ii, 395.
Ogden, Josiah, iv, 253, 370— v, 146, 150, 155— x, 372.
Ogden, Lewis, Surrogate, ix, 360.
Ogden, Robert, viii, Part I, 83; Part II, 151.— Surrogate, ix, 360; Letter
from, to Cortlandt Skinner, advising that the Colonies unite in keep
ing off the threatened blow of imposing taxes, duties, etc., 449; As
Speaker of the House of Assembly, replies to a letter from the
Assembly of Massachusetts, respecting late acts of Parliament, 496;
Referred to, 518 ; Burned in effigy, 525.
Ogden, Samuel, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Ogden, Uzal, vii, 223, 445, 446— ix, 360.
Ogilvie, Rev. John, x, 313.
Oldale, Samuel, i, 209.
Olden, William, ii, 396.

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Oldman's Creek and Salem, Titles to plantations between, i, 109-119.
Olive, Anthony, ii, 336, 339.
Olive (Olave), Thomas, i, 239, 288, 291, 522, 523— ii, 65— iii, 2.31.
Oliver, Andrew, One of the Commissioners selected to settle the boundary
line, be, 390, 447, 5S3, 591, 634, 631, 633.
Oliver, Peter, x, 375, 377.
Oliver, Mr., of Boston, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, vii, 76. —
Nephew of Governor Belcher, viii, Part II, 131, 175.
Ollice, Thomas, i, 268.
Olliver, William, i, 50, 65.
Oraton, Indian Sachem, Letter to, from Governor Carteret, relative to the
Newark tract, i, 55, 56.
Orme, Mr., Aide-de-Camp to General Braddock, viii, Part II, 120.
Ormston (Orminston), Charles, i, 530 — ii, 187-193, 199; Disbursements by,
on account of East Jersey, 205, 4.16; Signs the surrender of the
government, -156-460; Recommends Andrew Hamilton for Governor,
470.
Ormston, John, iii, 161, 446.
Ormston, Joseph, i, 527— ii, 171, 177, 186-193, 198, 199, 213, 257, 203
376, 408, 411, 416; Signs the surrender of the government, 450-400
Recommends Andrew Hamilton for Governor, 470.— Referred to, iii
48, 161; Memorial of, against Peter Sonmans, 310, 312; Did not sign
is commission, 314, 316 ; Signs as a Proprietor, 498. — Referred to,
iv, 141 ; Authorizes James Alexander to collect his quit rents, 241.
Osborne, Sir Danvers, Copy of instructions to, viii, Part I, 194,
Osborne, Edward, ii, 396.
Osborne, Jeremiah, il, 129, 325.
Osborne, John, ii, 129, 327.
Osborne, Richard, ii, 363.
Osbourne, Jeremy, i, 50.
Osburne, Joseph, i, 50.
Osburne, Stephen, i, 65.
Ossawath, Indian grantor, i, 115.
Oswald, Mr., viii, Part I, 128.
Otter, George, Letter from, relative to an island between Burlington and
BristoOx, 337.
Otto, Gerrett, i, 195, 201, 282.
Oulver, William, iv, 9.
Outhout, Fop, i, 111; Permit to take up a piece of land, 113; Justice of
New Castle, 190; Declarations of, concerning John Fenwicke, 194,
195; Justice, 203; Name signed to concessions, 268; Deposition of,
274; Letterfrom, to John Fenwicke, 281; To be one of the Court,
284.
Overton, Benjamin, A Commissioner of Customs, ii, 179, 254.
Oxenford, John, viii, Part I, 118, 119.
Oysters, Act for the preservation of, v, 80.

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P.
Paca, William, x, 530.
Pacheco, Rodrigo, Letter to, from James Alexander, vi. 77.— Memorial
of, to the Lords of Trade, relative to the purchase of lands from the
Indians, 142.
Packa-go-nack, Lands at, sold by John Fenwick, i,414.
Packe, George, i, 50, 83, 84 — ii, 325.
Packet-Boats, The establishing of, between England and America, viii,
Part II, 138, 144, 146.— Discontinued between England and North
America, x, 006.
Page, Anthony, i, 269.
Page, John, ii, 397.
Page. John, Jr., ii, 897.
Pagit, His authority as Constable denied, iv, 214.
Paice, Joseph, ii, 42-02, 60-74, 79— iv, 344, 345.
Paine, John, i, 209, 270.
Paine, Robert Treat, x, 529.
Paine, Timothy, x, 615,
Palmer, Captain (Judge), i, 305, 306, 498, 527; Petition of, to King, 532.
Palmer, Thomas, i, 288 — ii, 417.
Palmer, President of Pennsylvania Council, complains of the pilots of
Delaware River, vii, 70; Reply of, to a letter from Governor
Belcher, 131.
Pancoast, John, i, 270.
Paper Money, Project of William Pinhorne for raising money by paper
bills, iv, 269; Table illustrating the interest arising from, 272. —
Acts concerning, v, 75, 87; Value of, in New York, 158; Value of,
in Perth Amboy, 154; Letter from Lords of Trade, relative to, 156;
Opinion of Governor Montgomerie respecting, 168; Counterfeits of,
191; The Lords of Trade upon, 200; Reference to, 305. — Proposal of
William Wood relative to, vi, 51 ; Report of the Lords of Trade on,
-73; List of papers relating to, SO; State of, in the British Planta
tions, S2; Argument of Richard Partridge, relative to, 91; Scarcity
of, 103; Scheme for putting it on a better footing, 111; List of
papers relating to, 125; Letter from Governor Morris, relative to,
131-137; Observations of the New Jersey Council on, 225; Order in
Council respecting, 863 : Representation of the Lords of Trade, re
specting, 433. — Value of, vii, 27; Extracts from letters of the Lords
of Trade, relative to, 172; Referred to, 272, 339; Examination into
• the state of, 357. — Petition to the King, relative to making current
i £60,000 in bills of credit, viii, Part I, 183; The bill recommended by
the Lords of Trade, 196; Petition of the Assembly relative to the
bill for making current £70,000, Part II, 14; Bill for the same, 36;
Opinion of Counselor Belcher as to bills of credit being made leal
tenders in New Jersey, 87; Memorial of Richard Partridge, relative

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 145
to bill for making current £70,000, 95 ; Representation of the Lords
of Trade to the King, relative to, 100; Remarks of, concerning, to
Governer Belcher, 124; Referred to, 162. — Petition for emitting
£60,000 in bills of credit, ix, 11; Report of the Lords of Trade on
the same, 34; Petition for emitting £89,000 in bills of credit, 107;
Report upon the same by the Lords of Trade, 113; Message from the
Assembly to the Governor, relative to, 129; Observations of the
Governor respecting, 131 ; Bills of credit outstanding, and amount
. sunk each year, 143-146; Representation from the Lords of Trade.
relative to a law for issuing bills of credit, 147; Draft of instruction
to Governor Bernard, relative to, 156; Observations of Governor
Bernard upon, 170; Observations of Governor Franklin upon, 383;
Representation of the Lords of Trade, relative to, 405. — Governor
Franklin refuses assent to a bill for striking §100,000 in bills of
credit, x, 48; Proceedings of the Assembly in connection therewith,
60; Governor Franklin gives further reasons for issuing £100,000 in
bills of credit, 99; Letter from the Earl of Hillsborough, relative to
the same, 103; The Lords of Trade recommend the disallowance of
the act for issuing £100,000, 100; Act disallowed, 115, 196: Henry
Wilmott in relation to, 142 ; Observations of Govsrnor Franklin on
the aet for striking £100,000 in bills of credit, 150; Displeasure of the
Assembly at the disallowance of said act, 206; Proposed repeal of
the act authorizing the emission of , 315 ; Act for striking £100,000
and emitting the same on loans, 461 ; Report upon the same, 509 ;
Order in the Privy Council relative to the same, 549; The Earl of
Dartmouth in relation to the same, 557.
Papists, Not permitted liberty of conscience, ix, 66.
Parant, John, ii, 396.
Parat, Henry, ii, 396.
Pardon, Thomas, i, 149.
Pardon, William, i, 65. 72, 76, 81, 82; Difficulty with William Mealier,
S5, 86; Letter from Lords Berkeley aud Carteret, relative to his
difficulty with William Meaker, 104; Note relative to his arrest by
Captain James Carteret, 104; Case of William Meeker against, 334;
Petition of Governor Andros, 335; Letter from, to Captain Nicolls,
336; Referred to, 337.
Paris, Ferdinand J., i, 524.— Recommended by Thomas Penn as agent
for New Jersey, v, 293; Letter to, from James Alexander, 827; Auto
graph, 405; Referred to, 431, 434— vi, 76; Letter from, to James
Alexander, 422; Autograph, 424; Notice of, 424; Referred to, 474—
vii, 10; Letter from, to James Alexander, 12; Autograph of, 13. —
Letters to, from James Alexander, relative to the boundary line be
tween New York and New Jersey, 119, 125, 131, 152; Letters
from, to James Alexander, relative to the New York and New Jersey
line, 156, 167, 176; Letter to, from J. Alexander and R. H. Morris,
relative to the New Jersey riots, 197; Petition of, relative to the
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division line between New York and New Jersey, 226 ; Letter from'
to J. Alexander, relative to action against the rioters, 234; Letter
from, to J. Alexander, commenting on Governor Belcher's proceed
ings, 238; Letter to, from J. Alexander aud R. H. Morris, concern
ing Governor Belcher and the rioters, 251; Letter from, to J.
Alexander, relative to business before the Lords of Trade, 260; Letter
to, from J. Alexander and R. H. Morris, relative to the New York
and New Jersey division line, 262; Letter from, to J. Alexander,
relative to the condition of New Jersey affairs in London, 271 ; Letter
to, relative to the New Jersey rioters, 272; Transmits papers relating
to the rebellion in New Jersey, 273, 275 ; Letter from, to J. Alexan
der, relative to his proceedings in London, 294; To the same, in
regard to the division line between New York and New Jersey, 297;
Letter from, to James Alexander, concerning the riots, 301, 304;
Letter from, to the same, relative to granting pardons to those
accused of treason, 308; Letter from, to the same, containing sug
gestions for remedying the difficulties in the Province, 310; Incloses
letter to the Lords of Trade, relating to the riots, 328; Letter from,
to J. Alexander, respecting the junction of the Provinces of New
York and New Jersey, 360; Referred to, 525, 526— viii, Part I, 137,
145; Letter from, to Robert H. Morris, relative to the boundary line
between New York and New Jersey, 152; Reply to the same, 157;
Further letter from, on the same subject, 182; Referred to, 218, 219;
Letter to, from James Alexander, relative to the boundary line, Part
n, 89 ; Memorandum of, relative to commissioners for determining
the boundaries, 242 ; Referred to, 244, 247— ix, 842, 415.
Park, James, vii, 533-536.
Parke, Roger, iii, 165.
Parker, Elisha, ii, 487. — Affidavit of, relative to the supposed Cornbury
Fund, iii, 217; Member of the Assembly, 295— iv, 10; Recommended
-.for the Council, 63, 153, 154; Referred to by Rev. Jacob Henderson,
157; Recommended for the Council, 169, 171, 182; Dead, 836; Notice
of, 326; Payments due,- 370, 372.
Parker. Elisha, Commissioned to run the line between East and West
Jersey, vi, 352; Letter from, acting for the Proprietors of East Jer
sey, to the committee making the proposals, under date of August
11, 1746, 392; Affidavit of, relative to legal proceedings of the com
mittee of the rioters, 395 ; Notice of, 397. — Address of, to the Speaker
of the Council of New York, vii, 141, 155.
Parker, Henry, i, 113.
Parker, James, Number of men in his company, vi, 425.— Referred to,
vii, 114— viii, Part I, 200.— Petition of, as a Proprietor, Part II,
228. — Recommended for appointment as member of Council of New
Jersey, ix, 366, 427, 442, 444; Notice of, 446; Acknowledges the re
ceipt of His Majesty's mandamus to be of the Council of New Jersey,

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NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 147
483; Referred to, 501; In Council, 509.— Referred to, x, 137, 195,
561, 604.
Parker, James (Printer), x, 98.
Parker, John, i, 50— ii, 327, 397.— Recommended as a member ot the
Council, iv, 331; Notice of, 833; One of the commissioners to try
pirates, 840 ; Appointed a member of the Council by Governor Hun
ter, 363, 873, 374, 394.— One of Governor Burnet's Council, v, 3, 34;
Money received from, ou account of bills of credit, 134; Money paid
to, 137, 146, 147, 150; Certificate of, 155; Letterfrom, to Rev. Will
iam Skinner, relative to the seal of the city of New Brunswick, 283;
Signs memorial, 301.— Referred to, vii, 428.
Parker, Colonel John, Return of stores at Schenectady, ix, 10; Notice
of, 10; Letter from, to Lewis Johnson, referring to the co-operation
of the Indians, 172,
Parker, Joseph, i, 50— ii, 397— iii, 212.
Parker, Nathaniel, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 212.
Parker, Peter, i, 51, 59, 62, 177.
Parker, Samuel, x, 588,
Parker, Thomas, ii, 397.
Parker, Thomas, Jr., ii, 397.
Parkins, Samuel, vi, 351 — vii, 457.
Parkhurst, Benjamin, ii, 395.
Parlaman, John, x, 718.
Parmeter, Joseph, Indicted, iii, 496.
Parmyter, John, ii, 239, 240.
Parrent, William, ii, 397.
Pars, John, ii, 827.
Parsons, Ann, i, 186.
Partition Lines, See Boundary Lines.
Partridge, Richard, v, 2S9, 293; Comments of, on the desire of the peo
ple of New Jersey for a separate government, 303 ; Memorial of, to the
Lords of Trade, relative to New Jersey bills, 304; Letter to Secre
tary Popple, relative to export duty on copper ore, 406; Reply of,
to the objections of Solicitor Sharpe to the New Jersey act for
making £40,000 in bills of credit, 416 ; Petition of, for a sepa
rate Governor for New Jersey, referred to the Lords of Trade, 448;
His reasons for a separate Governor for New Jersey, 451.
— Arguments of, relating to the paper currency in America,
vi, 91; Memorial of, to the Lord3 of Trade, relative to
the purchase of lands from the Indians, 142 ; Order in
Council upon his petition to the King, relative to the emission of
£40,000 in bills of credit, 301, 362; Representation of the Lords of
Trade respecting his saitl petition, 433; Referred to, 474. — Letters
to, from Governor Belcher, relative to private affairs, vii, 59, 75;
Letter to, as agent of New Jersey, from Governor Belcher, 100;
From the same, relative to the action of the Legislature, 106; Re-

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ferredto, 138, 139, 169, 176; Letter from, to Richard Smith, Jr.,
relative to the riots, 242, 268; Letter to, from Richard Smith, re
specting the proceedings of the Legislature, 365; Referred to, 525,
526, 527; Letters to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the proceed
ings of the Legislature, etc., 553, 573; Letter to, from Governor
Belcher, on personal matters, 592 ; Defence of the character of Will
iam Morris, addressed to the Lords of Trade, 602; Referred to, 606;
Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to Lewis M. Ashfield, 614.
— Memorial of, relative to the Council of New Jersey, viii, Part I,
18; Referred to, 29 ; Letters to, from Governor Belcher, 36, 52, 61 ;
Referred to, 10.2. — Memorial of, relative to the bill for emitting £70,-
000 in bills of credit, Part II, 95 ; Letters to, from Governor Belcher,
190, 197; Warrant to, 232,— Petition of, for the emission of £60,000
in bills of credit, ix, 12; Referred to, 9, 17; Memorial of, respect
ing bill for emitting £S9,000 in bills of credit, 107; Report of the
Lords of Trade on the same, 113 ; Referred to, 445.
Partridge, William, ii, 123 — vii, 1— ix, 445.
Pate, William, ii, 148.
Patent to Samuel Godyn and Samuel Bloemmaert for Cape May County,.
i, 1 ; To James, Duke of York, for New J ersey, 3.
Patterson, Edward, i, 51.
Paul, Philip, ii, 3S0.
Paulson, Cornelius, iv, 1S9.
Pauncfort (Pausford), Edward, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79.
Pauncfort, Tracy (Francis), ii, 42-62, 66-74; Signs the surrender of the
government, 456-460; Recommends Andrew Hamilton for Governor,.
470.
Paxson, Henry, viii, Part II, 151-153, 233, 234— x, 358, 417, 479.
Paxton, Charles, ix, 622.
Payne, William, i, 72.
Paynter, Richard, i, 50.
Peace, Joseph, v, 132, 134, 136, 138— vii, 339.
Peachee, William, i, 26S, 288, 421.
Peaeher, Thomas, iii, 165.
Peacock, Captain James, i, 464, 466.
Peagram, John, Appointed a member of the Council, v, 347. — Surveyor-
General of Customs, vi, 15.
Pear, John, x, 718.
Pearce, James, i, 268, 414.
Pearce, John, ii, 336.
Pearson, Isaac, iv, 113— v, 282— vi, 202.
Pearson', Joseph, v, 187.
Pearson, Theophilus, ii, 313, 333, 335, 336, 338— iii, 307, 351, 352; Jus
tice of the Peace for Essex County, 495.
Pearson, Samuel, ii, 336.
Pearson, Thomas, i, 242, 530.

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Peck, Joseph, ii, 330.
Pedrick, Rodger, i, 269, 414.
Peer, Abraham, x, 718.
Peer, John, x, 71S.
Peirce, Daniel, i, 155.
Peirce, Edward, v, 187.
Peirce, Thomas, i, 263, 413.
Peirson, Jonathan, vi, 346, 350, 361, 367— vii, 64, 74.
Peiterson, Walter, i, 269.
Pemberton, Rev. Mr., Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the
new college, vii, 118; Referred to, 618— viii, Part I, 9, 11.
Pemhake, i, 1.
Pemrepogh, Relations with Bergen, i, 145, 140, 151.
Pendleton, Edmund, x, 530.
Penford, John, i, 239, 203, 271, 291.— One of the first commissioners to
buy and lay out lands, iii, 221.
Penn, John, x, 574, 050, 651.
Penn, Richard, viii, Part I, 200.
Penn, Thomas, Governor of Pennsylvania, Letter to, from Governor
Belcher, vii, 147.— Referred to, viii, Part I, 137, 154, 158; Bond of
Indemnity, 200.
Penn, William, Quintipartite deed to, from Sir George Carteret, 1, 205;
Instructions from, and others, to their commissioners in West
Jersey, 219; Letters from, and associates, 230, 285; Signed conces
sions, etc., to settlers in West Jersey, 268; Resident of Salem, 283;
Grant to him and others from the Duke of York, 324; Referred to,
347; Letter to, from Sir John Werden, 348; Grant to, from
trustees of Sir George Carteret, 366; Deed to, from John Fenwicke,
for half of New Jersey, 370; Letter to, from James Nevill, 381;
Named amongthe twenty-four East Jersey Proprietors, 383; Appoint
ments by, as Governor of Pennsylvania, 395; Commissioners to treat
with West Jersey appointed by, 415; Letters from, to the Governor
and Council of West Jersey, 417, 419; Proclamation of, against
Thomas Mathews, 422; Signs as Proprietor, 487; Letter to, from
Governor Dongan, 437; Referred to, etc., as Proprietor, 442, 499
Agreement between, and the executors of John Fenwicke, 507
Referred to, 529— ii, 5, 14, 15, 16, 23; Named as Proprietor, 26
Referred to, 49, 62 ; Observations of, on the proceedings of Governor
Fletcher, 132; Petition of, as a Proprietor, to the Commissioners of
Trade, 164; Named as a Proprietor, 186; Disbursements by, on
account of East Jersey, 205; Signs as Proprietor, 263; Referred to,
279, 281; Letter from, to Samuel Leonard, 318; Offences charged
upon him by Edward Randolph, 360; Referred to, 3SS, 463, 475,
480— iii, 53, 234; Letter from, to William Popple, respecting Messrs.
Revelland Leeds, 303; Certificate from, 305; Signer of Peter Son
mans' commission, 313; Referred to, 329, 345.— Named as a eommis-

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sioner for trying pirates, iv, £39. — Extracts from grants of, v, 17;
Referred to, 30— ix, 395— x, 574.
Pennsylvania, Minutes of Council, relating to letters sent from East
Jersey to England, i, 394. — Illegal trading with, ii, 120; Quota of
troops for the defence of New York, 134; Offences committed in, by
persons in authority, 360. — Proceedings of the Council of, on the
approaching departure of Governor Hunter for England, iv, 393.
¦ — Excommunication of a Quaker Chief-Justice, vi, 173. — Proceedings
of the Provincial Council of, vii, 180; Quota of assistance of, to the
defence of New York, viii, Part I, 194, 196.
Pensbury Island, v, 42.
Penton, William, i, 118, 209, 283, 284, 292, 414.
Pepperell, Sir William, Appointed Colonel, viii, Part II. 17, 19, 111.
Pequanock, Associaticn of the freeholders and inhabitants of, to sustain
the action of the Continental and Provincial Congresses, x, 716.
Percival, Hon. Spr,, ix, 621.
Pere (Pierce), Mr., i, 62.
Peregoe, Ezekiel, ii, 826.
Perin, Thomas, Reccmmtnds Ferdinand John Paris as agent for New
Jersey, v, 293.
Perry, Benjamin, vi, 351 — vii, 458.
Perry, Frederick, vii, 375.
Perry, Michaiah, iv, 131.
Perte, John, ii, 396.
Perth Amboy, i, 427, 428; Instructior.s for laying it out, 434, 449, 461,
474; Markets and fairs at, 451; Opposition to, as a port, by Governor
Dongan, 525; Seizure of vessels at, for not entering at New York,
535; Erected into a port of entry, 540, 543. — Instructions of the
Commissioners of Customs to the Surveyor- General of Customs, rela
tive to the port of, ii, 178; Situation of, 183; Proclamation of
Governor Basse, establishing it as a port, 227; Reasons of the Attor
ney-General of New York, why it should not be a free port, 231 ;
Seizure of a vessel at, 238; Letter from Secretary Popple to Mr.
Lownds, relative to the port of, 244; Note on, 246; Report of the
Commissioners of Customs, relative to the settlement of a port at,
251-254; Proprietors' claims of a port at, to be tried at Westminster
Hall, 266, 267s; Letter from, condemning Governor Basse, 273;
Letter from the Lords of Trade to the Earl of Bellomont, relative to
the port at, 302; Memorial to the Lords of Trade, insisting upon
establishing it as a port of entry, 308 ; Depth of water between it.
and Elizabethtown, 355; Proprietors wish it recognized as a port, 405;
Markets at, desired, 406. — Transportation between it and Burlington,
iii, 176, 186, 250, 327. — As a place of meeting for the Assembly, iv,
12, 40 — v, 11; Number of Assemblymen from, 12; Lands in, given to
voters, 61; How represented, 83; Seal of, 284. — A poor, inconsider
able place, vi, 108; Riots at, 463; Affidavits relating to riots at, 465.

NEW JEKSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 151
— Reception at, of Governor Belcher, vii, 15, 17. — Riots at, viii.
Part I, 38, 39, 43, 52. — Address of Corporation of, to Lieutenant-
Governor Pownall, Ix, 6, 8. — Exports from, x, 454; Removal of the
seat of government to, 457, 468.
Perth, Earl of, one of the Proprietors of East Jersey, i, 383, 412, 425,
433, 434, 437, 439, 441, 446, 448, 451, 454, 460, 462, 463, 474, 482,
483; Letter to, from Governor Dongan, 4S8; Signs as Proprietor, 490,
504; Instructions from, and other Proprietors, to Andrew Hamilton,
508. — Named as a Proprietor, 528 — ii, 26, 82; Disbursements by, on
account of East Jersey, 202; Referred to, 389, 422.
Perth, Town, See Perth Amboy.
Peters, Richard, viii, Part II, 228.
Peters, Samuel, Intercepted letter from, x, 616.
Peters, William, ix, 622.
Petersen, Hessel, iv, 370— v, 147.
Petersen, Mones, i, 50.
Petersen, Johannes, ii, 327.
Pettinger, John, iv, 293.
Pettinger, Richard, iv, 293.
Pettinger, Sicha, iv, 293.
'Pettit, Benjamin, vii, 426.
Pettit, Charles, Deputy Secretary of New Jersey, x, 132; Notice of, 133:
Referred to, 210, 216, 358, 450.
Petty, John, i, 269.
Petty, William, Jr., iii,' 165.
Pew, William, Jr., Lieutenant, ix, 185, 187.
Philips, Adolphus, iv, 340.
Philips, Theodore, vii, 606.
Philipse, Ad., viii, Part I, 287.
Philipse, D., iv, 40S.
Philipse, Frederick, viii, Part I, 239, 248.
Phillips, Abraham, vii, 364; Affidavit of, respecting the state of the
Province, 370; Referred to, 375, 407; Affidavit of, relative to the
riots, 444; Referred to, 446, 515.
Phillips, Ambrose, iv, 254, 293-295, 303, 328, 336, 338.
Phillips, John, vii, 628.
Phillips, Lidia, vii, 374, 444.
Phillips, Mary, vii, 374.
Phillipse, Frederick, ii, 105, 106— iv, 412, 434-v, 329, 333-335, 344.
Phillipse (Phillips), Matthew, vii, 281, 371-373.
Phipps, Thomas, ii, 42-61, 65-73, 79.
Phrase, Joseph, i, 50.
Pictor, Lucas, i, 115.
Pierden, William, ii, 397.
Pierson, Bethune, vi, 351.

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Pierson, Daniel, vii, 344; Affidavit of, as to the riots, 436; Referred to,
439; Signs, 443, 446,
Pierson, John, x, 718.
Pierson, Joseph, vi, 245— vii, 436, 457.
Pierson, Methuel, Newark rioter, vii, 178, 179, 435, 436, 458.
Pieterse, Marcilis, ii, 836.
Pietersen, Christian, i, 49.
Pietersen, Paules, i, 49.
Pike, Charles, iv, 10.
Pike (Pyke), John, i, 50, 81, 89, 134, 150, 177.— Contributes to the sup
posed Cornbury Fund, iii, 200; Petition of, to the House of Repre
sentatives against said fund, 202; Petitions the Assembly in relation
to the East Jersey records, 220; Blember of Assembly, 483. — Signs,
iv, 10; Affidavit of, 16.
Pike, John, Jr., iii, 446.
Pike, Thomas, iii, 351; Grand Juror, 486, 487.
Pinhorne, John, Appointed Clerk of the Assembly, iii, 227; Signs as
Clerk, 298, 446; Affidavit of, respecting the proceedings of Peter Son
mans, 450.— Referred to, iv, 122, 147; Salary, 185, 368.
Pinhorne, William, ii, 106, 386; Recommended for Council, 417, 429,
431; Objected to as a member of Council, 488; Remarks concerning,
502; Appointed member of the Council, 507; Announces the death
of Governor Andrew Hamilton, 541. — One of Governor Cornbury's
Council, iii, 2, 64, 155, 160, 290; Proposed as a member of Lord
Lovelace's Council, 299; Notice of, 299; Appointed a member of
Council, 317; Signs addresses, 367, 373, 413, 473; The Proprietors
ask that he may be left out of Governor Hunter's Council, 397. —
Member of Governor Hunter's Council, iv, 2, 19; Referred to, 40,
44, 48; His removal from the Council recommended by Governor
Hunter, 61; Referred to, 75, 77, 101, 115, 130, 141; Removed from
his Judgeship, 129; His removal from the Council urged by Governor
-Hunter, 149, 153; Referred to by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 156; Fur
ther reference to, 164, 169, 175, 183; Project of, for raising money by
paper bills, 269.
Pintard, Anthony, ii, 332, 364; Recommended for Council, 417.
Pirates and Piracies, ii, 150-155, 277, 285, 804, 310, 358-4162, 366.— Re
port of the Attorney and Solicitor Generals on the effect of the
proclamation for pardoning, iv, 329; Commissioners named for the
trial of, 330-v, 196, 197.
Piron, Joseph, iv, 309.
Pisbrou, Henry, i, 128.
Piscataway, The land of, to be patented to particular persons by^Gover-
nor Carteret, i, 62; Directions as to the payment of arrears of quit
rents of, i, 106; Relations with the Council of New Netherlands.
122, 124, 126, 129, 130, 133, 134, 137, 149, 150; Differences between'
and Woodbridge, 154; Petition of the inhabitants of, to the Council

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of New Netherlands, 155, 159; Appointments at, approved by the
Council of New York, 319.
Pitcher, James, Commissary of the musters, viii, Part n, 76.
Pitt, William, Circular letter to Governors, urging the raising of addi
tional troops, viii, Part 11,241, 258.— Referred to, ix, 9, 17, 110,
112, 159, 161, 162, 169, 170, 211, 221, 223; Urges preparation for the
invasion of Canada, 149; Orders the use of the former seal, to be
continued, 239; Is informed by Governor Boone in regard to the
imputed illegal trade in New Jersey, 240; Also as to the raising of
additional troops, 261 ; Referred to, 263, 273.
Planbord, Josias, ii, 397.
Plantations, Scheme, or treatise relating to, iv, 845.
Pledger, John, i, 268, 414.
Plese, Turrse, i, 268.
Plowman, Matthew, Collector of Customs at New York, instructions
to, 543.
Plum, Samuel, ii, 327.
Plumstead, Clement, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 866, 374, 383, 424, 433,
434, 437, 443, 446, 451, 454, 457, 460, 462, 474, 482, 483, 490, 499,
500, 504, 580— ii, 26, 186-193, 198; Disbursements by, on account of
East Jersey, 205; Signs name, 218-263, 376, 408, 411, 431; Referred
to, 437; Signs the surrender of the Government, 436-460. — Signs
Peter Sonmans' commission, iii, 313.
Pocock, Thomas, i, 366.
Pofen, Henry, iv, 9.
Pokahake, i, 1.
Pollexssen, Henry, Opinion of, on Elizabethtown Patent, i, 272.
Ponnereau, Mrs., ix, 307.
Pope, Joseph, i, 523, 533.
Pope, Nathaniel, iii, 165.
Pope, Thomas, i, 50.
Popple, William, ii, 138; Letter from, to Mr. Basse, inclosing form of
bond to be entered into by the Proprietors of the several plantations
in America, 141 ; Letters to, from Mr. Basse, in relation to pirates
and piracies, 150, 154, 157; Letter from, to Mr. Basse, in answer to
the above, 155, 162; Letter to, from Secretary Lownds, transmitting
documents, 163; Letter from, to Secretary Lownds, 168; Letterfrom,
to the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General, 174; Letter to, from
Governor Basse, 214; Letter from, to Governor Basse, 243; Letter
from, to Mr. Lownds, relating to the Port of Perth Amboy, 244;
Letter from, to Secretary Sansom, transmitting documents relative
to the ports of New Jersey, to the Commissioners of Customs, 247;
Letter to the Attorney-General, relative to the eligibility of Andrew
Hamilton to the office of Governor, and the answer thereto, 250;
Letter to, from Secretary Sansom, transmitting report concerning port
at Perth Amboy, 251 ; Letter to, from Andrew Hamilton, relative to his

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appointment as Governor of New Jersey, 259; Letter from, to Wm.
Dockwra, relative to the port of Perth Amboy, 200; Letter to, from
Governor Basse, relative to pirates and illegal traders, 286; Letter
from, to William Dockwra, inquiring as to the operation of the act
against fraud, etc., in East and West Jersey, 806; Answer to the
same, 300; Letter from, to Attorney-General Trevor, asking his
opinion respecting a new mode of approving Proprietary Governors,
307; Letter from, to William Dockwra, 340; Letter from the same, to
the same, asking for the transmission of the proposed surrender of
the government of East Jersey, 353; Letter to, from Lewis Morris,
relative to the surrender of the government of East and West Jersey,
412: Letterfrom, to Sir Thomas Lane, 428; Letter from, to Attorney-
General Northey, relative to the surrender, 432; Letter from, to Sir
Thomas Lane, transmitting papers relative to Andrew Hamilton, 473.
Popple, William, Jr., Letterfrom, to Wm. Sloper, relative to Lord Corn
bury's salary, iii, 144.— Letter to, from William Penn, respecting
Messrs. Re vol! and Leeds, 303; Letters to, from Secretary Lownds,
relative to the petition of John Keble, 341, 347; Letter to, from
Thomas Cockerill, relative to the death of Governor Lovelace, 466. —
Letter to, from Edward Richier, iv, 115; Letter to, from William
Dockwra, transmitting papers, 116; Letter from, to the Bishop of
London, relating to the proposed New Jersey Councillors, 16S ; Letters
to, from Governor Hunter, 211, 218, 223; Letter from, to Governor
Hunter, 229; Letters to, from Governor Hunter, 242, 258, 294, 295,
297, 305, 320, 333, 376, 3S7.— Letter from, relative to the islands in
the Delaware, v, 6; Letter to, from Governor Burnet, 163; Letter to,
from Governor Montgomerie, 291; Letter to, from James Alexander,
360; Letter to, from Richard Partridge, relative to export duty on
copper ore, 406; Letter from, to John Hamilton, relative, to vacancies
in the Council, 454.
Papulation of New Jersey, viii, Part II, 84; Of the Colonies in America;
132.— Of New Jersey in 1772, x, 445.
Population, See Census.
Porter, Joseph, x, 717.
Post, Capt. Adrian, i, 66— ii, 327.
Post Offices, ix, 249, 205.
Poswhelse, Martin, ii, 327.
Pot and Pearl Ashes, Manufacture of, proposed, iii, 304, 329, 341-349. 
Letters from Thomas Lowndes and Sir William Keith, respecting the
manufacture of, in the Plantations, v, 245, 246.
Potter, Marmaduke, i, 50.
Potter, Samuel, ii, 315, 334, 395— iv, 147.
Potter, Sarah, iii, 485.
Potter, Thomas, ii, 396.
Potts, Henry, Letter from, relating to the post routes in New Jersey
ix, 265.

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Potts, Thomas, iv, 98, 805.
Poulisen, Dirk, ii, 326.
Poulse, Johannis, ii, 327.
Povey, John, ii, 169, 200.
Powel, Robert, i, 269, 288.
Powell, Richard, ii, 292.
Powell, Rodrick, i, 50.
Pownall, John, ix, 2; Letter from, to James West, relative to the seizure
of a vessel engaged in illicit trade, 306; Desires Sir Matthew Lamb
to draft a bill for the punishment of murder, within the Admiralty
jurisdiction in the Plantations, 351; Transmits letter asking for
removal of Governor Hardy, 360; Query from, as to the right of
aliens to hold lands in America, 882, 397; Incloses to Governor
Franklin, order relative to Peter Gordon's lottery, 487; Referred to,
529,530; Receives from Governor Franklin votes and laws, 567;
Writes to Henry Wilmot, relative to the boundary commissioners,
622. — Recommended by the Lords of Trade as Lieutenant-Governor
of New Jersey, viii, Part II, 102; Notice of, 102; Commissiou of,
106; Congratulated on his appointment by Governer Belcher, 118;
Letter of thanks from, to the Lords of Trade, 134; Congratulated
by Governor Belcher, 139; Informed by the same of the movement
of the troops, 160; Referred to, 167, 169; Requested by Governor
Belcher to attend a convention of the Governors at New York, 170;
Referred to, 1S-3; To be deputed to attend meetings of the Governors
incase of the inability of Governor Belcher, 215; Referred to, 246;
Notified of the death of Governor Belcher, 257; President Reading
gives to him reasons for not assuming the chief authority, 260; Reply
of, to Mr. Reading, 261; Mr. Reading's rejoinder, 262; Gives an
account of the death of Governor Belcher to the Lords of Trade,
266.— Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, ix, 1 : To John Reading,
on leaving the government in his hands, 2 ; Notice of, 2 ; Address to,
from the Council, 4; Answer to the same, 6; Address of the corpora
tion of Perth Amboy to, 6; Answer of, 8; To President Reading,
relative to the invasion of Canada, 111; Appointed Governor of South
Carolina, 188; Named as one of the commissioners for trying
pirates, 283.
Pratt, Benjamin, ix, 283.
Pratt, Mr., viii, Part I, 145.
Prayers for the Royal family, ix, 302, 375.
Preijers, Andryas, ii, 327.
Presbyterian Clergy of New Jersey, Petition of, for a charter incorporat
ing "The New Jersey Society for the better support of the widows,
and education of the children of deceased Presbyterian ministers, x,
339-349; Opinion of David Ogden on said charter, 350; Opinion of
Cortlandt Skinner on the same, 353; Governor Franklin, in relation
to the petition of, 400; The Earl of Dartmouth, in relation to the

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same, 404, 407; Permission given to the Governor to pass their
charter, 409.
Preston, Isaac, x, 531.
Price, Benjamin, i, 50, 65, 306— ii, 315, 326— iii, 201,, 295, 486, 495— v,
187.
Price, Benjamin, Jr., ii, 129, 326, 897.
Price, Daniel, ii, 129, 337, 334.
Price, Edward, v, 187.
Price, Ephraim, ii, 129, 315, 326, 334.
Price, Joseph, License to, as Branch pilot, ix, 18; Authorized to impress
vessels to transport troops to New Jersey, 246.
Price, Philip, Jr., x, 718.
Price, Robert F., x, 251, 458, 479.
Price, Samuel, vi, 455 — vii, 200, 458— x, 718.
Price, Thomas, x, 717.
Price, William, x, 718.
Pridmore, John, vii, 622.
Princeton, Building of a college at, vii, 58.
Pringle, Thomas, ii, 290.
Prior (Pryyer), Corsparus, vii, 402; Affidavit of, relative to the riots, 429;
Referred to, 510.
Prisoners to be delivered up, vii, 549.
Prit, Benjamin, ii, 129.
Prite, Thomas, ii, 129.
Proclamation money, vii, 393-400.
Produce of New Jersey, x, 444.
Proprietors of East Jersey, Lease to, from Lady Elizabeth Carteret and
Trustees, i, 300; Agreement as to the benefit of survivorship, 373;
Commission from, to Thomas Rudyard, as Secretary and Register,
870; Commission from, to Samuel Groom, as Receiver-General, 378;
Commission from, to Gawen Lawrie, as Deputy Governor, 423;
~ Instructions from, to Deputy Governor Lawrie, 426, 459; List of, in
1083, 441 ; Regulations of, for taking up lands, 452, 470, 492, 499 ;
Seal of, 4SS ; Quo warrantos against, authorized, 501 ; Appointment
of William Dockwra as their agent, 506; Deputy Governor Lawrie's
powers revoked by, 531; Petition of, to the King, relative to the
entering of their vessels at New York, 533 ; Representation of, to
the King, relative to customs, or desiring that East Jersey be made
a distinct government, or be joined with West Jersey, 535.
Proprietors, See also New Jersey, East Jersey, West Jersey, and Berkeley
and Carteret.
Provincial Congress of New Jersey, Resolution, Association and circular
letter of, x, 639.
Provost, David, iv, 340— v, 153.
Provost, William, Recommended for the New York Council, v, 70; Money
received of, 142, 144, 149; Money paid to, 146; Commissioned to try

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 157
pirates, 197; Recommended for Council, 318, 323; Appointed, 346;
Referred to, 456; Report on claims of Lewis Morris, 478.— Referred
to, vi, 14, 15— vii, 640.
Pummerent, Claus Jansen, i, 82.
Purdy, William, ii, 327.
Putland, Heron, v, 155.
Pyle, Sarah, i, 414.
Pyles, William, i, 65. Q.
Quakers in New Jersey in 1699, ii, 305; Allowed to affirm instead of
taking an oath, 522. — Their admission to office, without taking an
oath, iii, 2; Favored by Colonel Hamilton, 13, 15; Complaints
against, by Lord Cornbury, 66, 83, 84; Excluded their right of
voting, 153; Remarks of Lord Cornbury concerning, 229; Colonel
Quary's opinion of, 235, 273; Opinion of Lord Cornbury's Council
in regard to them, 394, 413, 414; Not allowed to serve on juries in
criminal cases, 345-443, 448; Their objections to raising troops,
461, 402, 465, 460; Complaints against them made by Lieutenant-
Governor Ingoldsby and his Council, to the Queen, 470 — iv, 20;
Harrassment of, under Lord Cornbury, 25; Remarks of the Assem
bly upon them, 42; Remarks of William Dockwra upon, 121, 129,
138; Representation respecting them by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 155,
156; Their position, etc., 196, 232, 235-240; Two speeches relating
to Daniel Coxe, 243, 246; Form of affirmation appointed, 259;
Threats against, 302; Lords of Trade recommend that they be al
lowed to affirm, 334; Petition against allowing them to affirm, 342;
Representation of the Lords of Trade, relative to the same, 866. —
Numbers in New Jersey, v, 21 ; Number of, in the Assembly, 334,
235. — Against the Council, vi, 65 ; Claim to be exempt from military
duty, 104, 105; Account of the excommunication of a Chief -Justice
in Pennsylvania, 173. — Governor Belcher's treatment of, vii, 121,
133; Referred to, 629.— Plan of protection against the Indians pro
posed by, ix, 118.
Quary, Colonel Robert, Letters from, to the Lords of Trade, concerning
pirates, ii, 277, 280; Notice of, 280; Referred to, 286, 291, 464, 473;
Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, adverse to Andrew Hamilton,
479; Objected to as a member of Council, 488; Appointed member
of the Council, 507; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, concerning
the trouble in New Jersey, 544.— One of Governor Cornbury's Coun
cil, iii, 2 ; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, desiring to succeed
Mr. Randolph as Surveyor-General, 7; Letter to the same, relative to
New Jersey affairs, 13; Referred to, 37, 45; Letter, from, to the
Lords of Trade, 52; Commissioner for New Jersey, 64; Referred to,
103, 132, 155, 160; Letters from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to

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New Jersey affairs, 234, 271 ; Objected to as a member of the Coun
cil, 301; Appointed a member of Lord Lovelace's Council, 317;
Signs addresses, 373, 415, 473. — Member of Governor Hunter's
Council, iv, 2, 19; Letterfrom, to John Pulteny, 6; Complimented
by Governor Hunter, 61; Referred to, 85, 123, 131, 157, 159; Dead,
175, 216; Referred to, 324.
Quigg, Hugh, x, 717.
Quintin, William, Sr., Commissioner of Customs, 254.
Quintipartite Deed between Sir George Cartaret, William Penn, Nicholas
Lucas, Gawen Lawrie and Edward Byllyinge, Dividing the Province
_ of New Jersey into East and West Jersey, i, 205.
Quit-rents, Selling of, forbidden, i, 477. — Instructions respecting, ii, 84-
80; George Willocks authorized to receive them, 1S6; Rip Van Dam
likewise authorized, 194. — Governor Franklin, in relation to, ix, 586.
R
Radler, John, ii, 334.
Rahl (Rail), Colonel, x, 272.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, i, 272.
Raleman, Jane, ii, 327.
Ralph, Moses, iv, 303.
Rambo, John, ii, 146, 880.
Rambo, P., i, 188.
Randall, -  , ix, 251.
Randolph, Edmund, ix, 326.
Randolph, Edward, ii, 49; Memorial from, to the Commissioners of Cus
toms, 116; Memorial from, to the Lords of Trade, 131; Letter to,
from the Commissioners of Customs, relative to the ports of Perth
Amboy aud Burlington, 178; One of the Council of West Jersey,
209; Referred to, 215, 228, 235, 243, 248, 252; Letter from, to the
'Lords of Trade, relative to East and West Jersey, 356; Crimes and
misdemeanors charged by him upon the Governors of the Proprietary
Governments iu America, 358; Referred to, 473, 476, 480; Letter
from, to the Lords of Trade, adverse to Andrew Hamilton, 481.
Randolph, John, ix, 622.
Randolph, Joseph Fitz, ii, 326.
Randolph, Peter, One of the commissioners selected to settle the bound
ary lines, ix, 390, 447, 582, 591, 624, 631, 632.
Randolph, Peyton, One of the commissioners selected to settle the bound
ary line, ix, 390, 447, 582, 591, 625, 631, 633.— Letter from, to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Jersey, x, 25.
Randolph, Richard, vii, 109.
Raper, Caleb, viii. Part I, 69.
Raper, Thomas, ii, 148.
Rarlemon, Jacob, ii, 326.

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Ramlinson, Thomas, iii, 153.
Read, Bowes, x, 149.
Read, Charles, vi, 368- vii, 125, 128, 139, 150; On the state of the paper
currency. 357; Collector of Customs at Burlington, 381; Clerk, 542-
550; Referred to, 050— viii, Part 1,38; Letter to, from Governor
Belcher, relative to the riots at Perth Amboy, 39; Referred to, 45,
75, 106; Letter from, to Robert Hunter Morris, ISO.— To agree
with printer for printing bills of credit, Part II, 71 ; Letter to, from
Governor Belcher, relative to the defeat of General Braddock, 117;
Warrants to, 150-155, 232-234; Colonel of Burlington militia, 158;
Informs Lieutenant-Governor Pownall of the death of Governor
Belcher, 257.— Recommended for the Council, ix, 127; Bearer of
message to tne Governor, 129; Appointed a member of the Council,
151, 153; Notice of, 151; Certifies, 205; Referred to, 217, 237; Mem
ber of Council, 274 ; Named as one of the commissioners for
trying pirates, 2.34; Referred to, 342; Commissioner to purchase
lands of the Indians, 356; Appointed Surrogate, 359, 360; Referred
to, 387; Commission of, as Chief -Justice, 424, 425, 427; In Council,
509— x, 7, 17, 28; Commissioned with others to take charge of the
seals, 54; Referred to, 133, 231, 279; In Council, 351; Warrant to,
357; Removal of, to St. Croix, 426; Notice of, 426; Referred to,
427, 455.
Read, George, x, 529.
Read, Israel, x, 345.
Read, Joe, viii, Part I, 123.
Read (Reed), Johu, iii, 498— iv, 215, 326, 334, 375, 377.
Read, Mr., Intrusted with letters from Mr. Dockwra, and died on the,
passage, iv, 116, 117.
Reader, Jeremiah, iii, 446.
Reading, Elizabeth, ix, 3.
Reading, John, ii, 146, 380, 486.— Summoned by Lord Cornbury, to show
his authority as one of the Council of West Jersey, iii, 158; One of
the Council, 221. — Notice of, iv, 62; Judge of the Supreme Court,
140; Recommended for the Council, 153, 154, 169, 170, 1S3; Died,
333; Payments due him, 370, 373; Referred to, 452, 453.
Reading, John (2d), One of Governor Burnet's Council, v, 2, 3; Money
paid to, 135, 141; Commissioner to try pirates, 197; Signs, 443;
Referred to, 456; Reports on the claim of Lewis Morris, 47S. — Named
as one of Governor Morris' Council, vi, 14, 15, 109; Signs as a Pro
prietor, 139; Speaker of Council, 142, 232; Letter from, to the Lords
of Trade, announcing the death of President Hamilton, 462. — Mem
ber of Governor Belcher's Council, vii, 6, 11, 98, 103, 237, 644— viii,
Parti, 16, 105; Part II, 150; Objects to assume the chief authority
on the death of Governor Belcher, 259; States his objections in a
letter to Lieutenant-Governor Pownall, 260; Governor Pownall's
reply, 261; Rejoinder of, 262; Opinion of the Attorney-General as

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to his authority as President of the Council, 26-1; Referred to, 267. —
Letter to, on receiving the government from Lieutenant-Governor
Pownall, ix, 2; Notice of, 5; Referred to, 7; Letter from, to William
Denny, 110; Letter to, from Governor Pownall, relative to the inva
sion of Canada, 111; Asks leave to resign as a member of the Coun
cil, 127; Charles Read appointed in his stead, 151; Referred to,
184, 207.
Reading, Joseph, x, 352.
Reading, Thomas (John?), Referred to by Rev. Jacob Henderson, iv, 157.
Reap, Widow, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 212.
Reape, William, i, 44.
Receivers-General, Crown rules and instructions for, ix, 289-299.
Redford, John, vi, 373.
Redman, John, x, 227.
Redford, Thomas, iv, 9.
Reed, Andrew, x, 5.
Reed, Joseph, x, 428.
Reed, Joseph, Jr., Deputy Secretary of the Colony of New Jersey, x, 5,
7; Surrogate, 8; Referred to, 133-135, 681.
Reeve, John, iv, SI, 85.
Reeve, Mark, i, 186, 269, 413, 414.
Reeves, John, iii, 376, 423, 424, 427, 447, 452.
Reformed Christian religion, to be maintained in the Province of New
Jersey, i, 135.
Register of Scotland, Letter from, to Sir John Werden, i, 379; Answer to
the same, 380.
Regnier, Mr., iv. 102, 103, 132.
Reid, James, i, 512.
Reid, John, i, 448, 404, 405, 467, 468; Notice of, 510; Referred to, 511-513,
523; Award of, relative to the settlement of the line between East
-and West Jersey, 523.— Referred to, ii, 16, 17, 38; Commissioned
Surveyor-General in the case of the disability of John Barclay, SI;
Signs as Proprietor, 113; Referred to, 186, 190, 195-197; A Grand
Juror, 332.
Renowewan, Indian chief, i, 182.
Representatives, Method of choosing, vi, 19.
Ressey, Joseph, ii, 397.
Revell, Thomas, i, 260, 284— ii, 146, 147, 209, 384; Recommended for
Council, 417, 429, 486; Objected to, 4S8; Appointed member of the
Council, 507.— One of Governor Cornbury's Council, iii, 2, 64;
Objects to certain representatives in the General Assembly, 88, 112,
137, 150; Referred to, 153, 160, 172, 178, 279; Notice of, 290;
Objected to, as a member of the Council, 300; Letter from William
Penn concerniug, 303; Removal of, from' the Council, recommended
by the Lords of Trade, 309; Signs address, 307; Referred to, 463—
iv, 41.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 161
Revenues and fines from December, 1704, to December, 1708, iii, 350.
Revolutionary disturbances, King's message to Parliament, relative to
outrageous proceedings in Boston, x, 431 ; Resolution of the House of
Lords in reply, 432; The same, of the House of Commons, 433;
Comments on the events in Boston, by the people of Essex County,
459; Resolves of the Freeholders of Essex County, 465; Pamphlet
entitled "Argument on both sides in the dispute between Great
Britain and her Colonies, etc.," 478; The importation of arms and
ammunition into the Colonies forbidden by the King, 497 ; The King
determines to withstand every attempt to weaken his authority over
the Colonies, 513; Destruction of tea at Greenwich, 530; Seizure of
arms and ammunition imported without license, 548; Earl of Dart
mouth expresses hopes of a restoration of the public tranquility, 533 ;
News of the affair at Lexington and Concord, 587; Lawyers agree to
prevent all unnecessary litigation on account of, 589 ; Proceedings of
the King's troops at Concord, 590; The affair at Weymouth, 600:
At Halifax, 608; The King's bust disfigured at Montreal, 610;
Affidavits relative to the affairs at Lexington and Concord, 612-615;
Respecting prisoners made at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 641;
Movement of troops in New Jersey, 644; The King determines to
crush the rebellion, 645 ; War declared by Congress and preparations
in progress for it, 652 ; Fears of the Tories, 654 ; Lord Stirling (Wil
liam Alexander) appointed a colonel by the Provincial Congress, 662:
No one will accept a seat in the Council, 662; Troops and money
raised in New Jersey, 669 ; General belief that Congress will have the
assistance of France, 676; Vessels authorized by Congress to obtain
from foreign ports gunpowder and military stores, 684; Oath imposed
on the inhabitants of Newport, Rhode Island, by General Lee, 685;
An act passed in Connecticut for .punishing persons inimical to the
Colonies, 686; Notes of what Mr. Dickinson said before the Assembly
of New Jersey, 689; Articles of confederation and perpetual union,
691-697; Arrest of Governor Franklin, 698-702; Lord High
Admiral of England, to seize all ships taken from the Colonies, 711;
Association of the inhabitants of Pequanock, to sustain the action
of Congress, 716.
Reynolds, John, i, 369.
Reynolds, John, of Morris County, x, 717.
Reynardson, Samuel, x, 3.
Rhode Island, Connected with illegal trading, ii, 123; Quota of troops of ,
for the defence of New York, 134; A retreat for pirates, 361. — As
sistance from, for New York, viii, Part I, 194, 195. — Oath imposed
on the people of Newport, x, 685.
Richards, Paul, v, 400, 402, 409, 410.
Richards, Thomas, x, 073.
Richardson, Joseph, x, 413.
Richardson, John, x, 717.
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162 GENERAL INDEX
Richier, Edward, ii. 42-02. 6G-74, 76, 79. 95, 257, 258, 300, 302, 376,
40S, 411, 410; Signs the surrender of the government, 456-460;
Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 470. —
Signs as a Proprietor, iii, 38, 82, 95, 302; Did not sign Sonmans'
commission, 314; Signs as a Proprietor, 498. — Letter from, to Secre
tary Popple, iv, 115; Signs as a Proprietor, 141: Recommends cer
tain persons for the Council, 153; Referred to, 242 — v, 6.
Richmond, Duke of, Circular letter from, relative to penalties incurred
under the Stamp Act, ix, 553; Acknowledgment to, from Governor
Franklin, 50S.
Ricketts, Colonel, vii, 52S.
Rickie, Israel, vi, 455 — vii, 458.
Rickie, John, vi, 455, 465 — vii, 458.
Riddell (Riddle), Walter, ii, 180-193; Disbursements by,, on account of
East Jersey, 202; Signs name, 213.
Riddle, William, Summoned by Lord Cornbury to show his authority to
act as one of the Council of West Jersey, iii, 15S.
Rig, Ambrose, Disbursements by, on account of East Jersey, ii, £05.
Rigg, Ambrose, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, £66, 373, 383, 425, 433,
434. 529.
Riggs, Joseph, x. 467.
Right, R., i, 269.
Righton, William, ii, 121, 122.
Riker, Hendrick, vii, 372-375, 444.
Riker, John, vii, 372-374.
Riley, John, Captain, ix, 184, 186.
Rillingworth, Thomas, Judge in Salem County, a scandalous person,
iii, 152.
Ringo, Cornelius, vii, 006.
Ringo, Philip, vii, 006.
Riots, In Monmouth County, x, 148; In Essex and Monmouth, 172, 192.
Rioters, List of, vi, 245; Communication from, 292; Speech of Samuel
Nevill in answer to their petition, 323; Petition from, to the House
of Assembly, 348; Member of Council, 869, 370; Affidavit of Elisha
Parker, relative to legal proceedings of, 395; State of facts about
the riots, 897; Affidavits respecting, 427-432; Numbers of, in
creasing, 446. — Answer of, to the publication of the Proprietors and
speech of Samuel Nevill, vii, SO ; James Alexander, relative to, 53 ; Pe
tition from, to Governor Belcher, 71; Referred to, 82, 86; Proceedings
of the Council, relative to, 88 ; Letters from James Alexander, relative
to, 113, 132, 154, 161; Affidavits relative to, 178-182; Address from
the Council of New Jersey to the King, relative to, 189; Address of
the same to the Duke of Bedford, relative to, 191 ; Petition from the
Council of Proprietors of East Jersey, to the King, relative to, 193;
Letter from James Alexander and Robert T. Morris, relative to, 197;
State of facts concerning, 207; Proposal of, relative to instituting

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 163
suits, 233; Letter from the Council of New Jersey, relative to, 236:
Governor, to the Lords of Trade, concerning, 249; J. Alexander and
R. H. Morris, to F. J. Paris, relative to, 251; Richard Partridge,
relative to, 26S; Timber destroyed by them near Newark on the
Passaic River, 272; List of papers relating to, 274; Affidavits and
other documents relating to, 275-288 ; J. Alexander on the trial of,
in Essex County, 233; Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of
Trade, relative to, 293; Letters from F. J. Paris, concerning, 801,
304; Proprietors of West Jersey pray relief from, 316; Letter from
J. Alexender, relating to, 328; Letter from David Ogden, relative to
the titles of, 343; From the same, respecting the Horseneck, 304,
308; Affidavits relative to, 369-378; Petition of R. n. Morris, re
specting. 379 ; Proclamation of Governor Belcher, relative to, 332 :
Additional facts, affidavits, examinations and other documents re
lating to, 402-450; List of those indicted in Essex, Middlesex and
Somerset Counties, 456; Representation of the Lords of Trade, con
cerning, 467: Memorial of the Council, relative to, 537; Not con
victed of treason, 574, — Memorial, responsive to representations
made by them, viii, Parti, 1; At Perth Amboy, 38, 39, 43, 52;
Order in the Privy Council, relative to, 53 ; Letters from Governor
Belcher, relative to, 60, 61; Report of the Lords of the Committee
of Council, relating to, 90; Letters of Governor Belcher, referring
to, 93, 102; His speech in Council concerning, 103.
Ritchie, John, ii, 186.
Ritger, Abraham, vi, 245.
Robeards, Luman, x, 718.
Roberts (Robards), Amos, One of the rioters in Essex County, vi, 831,
403, 455, 465— vii, 156, 178, 180, 181, 207, 210, 223-225, 231, 232,
283, 310, 457, 45S, 471, 489, 497, 505.
Roberts (Roberdes), John, i, 269— iv, 276, 231, 283, 369— v, 187.
Roberts, Joseph, One of the rioters, vii, 178, 179, 405, 444, 512.
Robeson, Andrew, ii, 22, 24, 143; Disbursements by, on account of East
Jersey, 204; Signs, 380.
Robeson, John, Sr., x, 717.
Robeson, John, Jr., x, 717.
Robeson, Dr. William, Disbursements by, on account of East Jersey,
ii, 202.
Robinds, Peter, x, 718.
Robins, Aaron, ii, 397.
Robins, Daniel, ii, 396, 397— iv, 310.
Robins, Moses, ii, 396.
Robins, Nathaniel, ii, 396.
Robins, Richard, ii, 397— iii, 353.— Affidavit of, against Jeremiah Basse,
iv, 74.
Robins, Robert, iv, 215.

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Robinson, Andrew, Surveyor of West New Jersey, i, 517, 531— vi, 148,
149— viii, Part I, 205, 227, 249.
Robinson, John, x, 229.
Robinson, Thomas, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 474, 490, 529.
Robinson, Sir Thomas, viii, Part I, 93; Letter from, to Governor Belcher,
relative to the hostile attempts of the French on the Ohio, 292 ; From
the Lords of Trade, with a plan for the defence of the Colonies,
Part II, 1 ; Circular letter from, to the Governors in America, urging
enlistments, 17; Letters to, from Governor Belcher, relative to the
conduct of the Assembly, 24, 76; Letter to, from James Alexander,
relative to the action of New York Council in regard to the boundary
line, 89; Circular letter from, to Governors, relative to augmenting
the regiments in America, 93; Letters to, from Governor Belcher,
relative to military matters, 105, 135; From the Lords of Trade,
relative to establishing packet-boats between England and the
Colonies, 138; From Governor Belcher, relative to military affairs,
148; Referred to, 209.
Robinson, William, i, 580— ii, 327— iv, 188.
Robison, Patrick, ii, 122.
Robison, Richard, i, 269.
Robs, John, x, 711.
Rockhill, Edward, iii, 165.
Roddam, Colonel Robert, Correspondence relating to the accidental kill
ing of a maid-servant of Colonel Ricketts of Elizabethtown, by a
shot from the ship Greyhound, vii, 528-537.
Rodman, Dr. John, Recommended for the Council, v, 294, 366, 402, 446,
454, 469.— Member of Governor Morris' Council, vi, 14, 15, 109, 309,
370, 435. — Referred to, vii, 5; Member of Governor Belcher's Coun
cil, 0, 86, 88, 97, 287, 541, 644.— Referred to, viii, Part I, 16; Dead,
Part II, 236.
Rodney, Caesar, x, 539.
Roe, Azel, x, 345.
Roeloste, Helemock, ii, 326.
Roemer, Col. W. W., Report of the Earl of Bellomont, on the harbor of
New York, ii, 354.
Rogers, Jabez, ii, 336, 339.
Rogers, John, i, 288— iv, 98.
Rogers, Joseph, x, 717,
Rogers, Nathaniel, vii, 421, 424.
Rolf, Henry, iv, 183, 190.
Rolph, Benjamin, iv, 189.
Rolph, John, Affidavit of, relative to the riots, vii, 438.
Rolph, Joseph, ii, 217.
Rolph (Rolfe), Moses, iv, 186, 187— v, 142, 144, 147, 149.
Romer, Wolfgang William, iii, 64.
Ronal, James, x, 717.

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Roosevelt, John, v, 153.
Rose, Joseph, vii, 542; Affidavit of, against John Coxe, 543.
Rose, William, x, 717.
Ross, George, i, 05— ii, 397.
Ross, George, x, 529, 574.
Ross, George, Jr., ii, 129, 334.
Ross, Isaac, x, 718.
Ross, John, ii, 129, 3.26, 334, 396— vii, 439.
Ross, Major John, ix. 855.
Ross, William, x, 717.
Rosse, George, ii, 397.
Rowe, George, i, 320.
Rowleson, Aaron, v, 151.
Royal Mines in New Jersey, Articles of association to work, ix, 318.
Royce (Royse), John, ii, 255, 270, 3.25, 348, 437, 489, 441, 436, 487, 502.-
Contributes to the supposed Cornbury fund, iii, 211 ; Affidavit rela
tive to the same, 217.— Referred to, 429, 459, 4S0, 482, 434, iv, 107,
111.
Roydon, William, i, 26S.
Roye, John, Nominated as Justice of the Peace, viii, Part I, 105.
Ruckman, John, ii, 326, 365.
Rudderow, John, ii, 384.
Rudvores, John, iv, 810.
Rudyard, John, iv, 9; Statement of, respecting Peter Sonmans, 15;
Referred to, 136.
Rudyard (Ruddiard), Thomas, i, 263; An East Jersey Proprietor, 366,
373; Commission of, as Secretary and Register of East Jersey, 376;
Note on, 376; Among the twenty-four East Jersey Proprietors, 3S3,
410, 432; Referred to, 438, 442, 447, 460, 462, 481; Censured by the
Proprietors of East Jersey, 492; Referred to, 529; Disbursements by,
on account of East Jersey, ii, 303; Referred to, 232, 388.
Rufane, General, ix, 277. •
Ruggles, Mr., ix, 451.
Rumsey, William, i, 269.
Runyon (Rugnion), Vincent, i, S5 — ii, 325.
Runyen, William, ii, 396.
Rush, Benjamin, x, 430.
Rnshout, Sir John, viii, Part I, 23.
Russell, Chambers, One of the Commissioners selected to settle the
boundry line, ix, 390, 582, 591, 624, 631, 63.2; Admiralty Judge, 62.3.
Russell, Charles, vii, 379.
Russell, Samuel, ii, 63, 72.
Russell, Mr., viii, Part I, 176.
Rutherfurd, John, vi, 397 — x, 422.
Rutherfurd, Walter, vi, 397— x, 137, 195, 502.
Rutledge, Edward, x, 530.

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Rutledge, J., x, 530.
Rycroft, David, Letter from, to John Parker and Andrew JohnstoB, v, 183.
Ryder, D., Attorney-General, Report upon certain acts passed in New
Jersey, vii, 305. — Report on the riots in New Jersey, viii, Part I, 54.
Ryerson, Joseph, ix, 5.
Ryerson, Martin, vi, 154, 138.
Ryerson, May, ix, 5.
Ryker, Abraham, vii, 457.
Ryker, Hendrick, Jr., vii, 444.
Ryker, Isaac, vii, 444.
Ryiey, Mark, x, 531. a.
Sabine, James, x, 375.
Sabrengh, Jaccb, ii, 326.
Sacket, Mr., Director of the Tar-work, iv, 228. .
Sackett, Joseph, Jr., Iri relation to the titles of the Common lands in .
Bergen County, in possession of Edward Earle, ix, 451.
Sackville, Edward, Affidavit of, as to the number of families in New
Jersey in 1665, i, 184.
Sacoock, i, 1.
Sadler, Richard, i, 142, 143.
Sadloe, Thomas, ii, 48.
St. Clair, Sir John, Deputy, .Quater-Master-General, viii, Part II, 105;
Letter to, from Governor Belcher, on the necessity of driving the
French from America, 133; Referred to, 140.
St. Johns, James, ii, 41-61, 65-73, 76, 79, 88, 90, 95.
St. Megill, Sloop captured, vi, 380-393.
Salaries of Public Officers, iii, 120, 144— iv, 22, 185— ix, 579— x, 51.—
Fees iu compensation for deficiency of, 389; Governor Franklin's
observation on, 405, 448; Order in Privy Council respecting, 549;
Referred to, 558, 697.
Sale, Obadiah, ii, 129, 834, 897.
Salem, Court held at, i, 118; Appointments at, by John Fenwicke, 275;
Names of persons at, 283; Overseers at, Commissioned by Governor
Andros, 284; Memorial from, to Governor Jennings, 421; Visited
and described by Lord Combury, iii, 80. — Address from inhabitants
of, to Governor Hunter, relative to payment of taxes and the elec
tion of a new County representative, iv, 112. — County taxes, 868,
369. — -Number of representatives from, v, 12; To be restrained from
sending representatives, 74; In relation to representatives from, 83-
85. — Manufacture of glass at, vi, 98. — Imports and exports, vii, 587.
Salem County, Population of, in 1699, ii, 305. — Taxes of, iv, 36S, 369. 
Money received from, by the Treasurer, v, 132, 133. — Money received'
from Collector of, viii, Part I, 66-08; From Commissioners, 71;
Interest moneys from, 73, 74.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 167
Salem and Old Man's Creek, Titles to lands between, i, 109, 119, 508;
Lands at. sold by John Fenwick, 414.
Salisbury, Silvester, Affidavit of, as to the number of families in New
Jersey in 1665, i, 183.
Salmon, Captain John, ix, 184, 135.
Salsbury, Evan, i, 50.
Salsbury, Jonathan, x, 717.
Saltar, Ebenezer, Affidavit of, relative to the riots, vii, 450.
Saltar, Elisha, vii, 621, 622.
Saltar, Richard (2nd), In charge of beacon on Neversink Highlands, vi,
374; Referred to, vii, 169; Order in Privy Council approving the
appointment of the Council of New Jersey, 175; Referred to 177;
Recommendation of, for Council commented upon by Governor
Belcher, 247; Referred to, 259; In Council, 335, 343.— Referred to,
644, viii, Part I, 16, 41, 187, 201.— viii, Part II, 150-153, 191, 232-
234, 268; ix, 274; Named as one of the commissioners for trying-
pirates, 283; Commissioned Third Justice of the Supreme Court, 340;
Notice of, 341; Reappointed Third Justice, 845; Commissioner to
purchase lands of the Indians, 850; Death of, 386; Referred to, 442.
Salter, Henry, i, 414.
Salter, Richard, ii, 827, 328; Presented by Monmouth Comity Grand
Jury, 332; Arrested for contempt of court, 364; Fined, 365. — Lord
Cornbury complained of for making him a Justice of the Peace, iii,
93-118, 123, 152, 158; Referred to, 198, 199; Collecting money,
supposed to be for Lord Cornbury, 199-218, 277.— Referred to, 393,
iv, 3.
Saltonstall, Mr., Chosen Governor of Connecticut, iii, 271.
Samuels, Christian, x, 515.
Sanders, Christopher, i, 263.
Sandford (Samford), William, President of a special court held at Eliza
bethtown, i, 65; Member of Council, 110; Affairs with the Council
of New Netherlands, 125, 131, 140, 145, 149, 150; Named by Governor
Carteret to succeed Capt. Berry, 296 ; Before the New York Council,
297; Referred to, 300, 301, 308.— President of Essex County Court,
ii, 313; Note on, 314; Ill-treatment of him in Court, 333; Signs peti
tion to the King, 373; Signs, 380; Recommended for Council, 417,
439, 431, 486, 487; Appointed member of the Council, 507. — One of
Governor Cornbury's Council, iii, 2, 64, 155, 160, 290; Proposed as a
member of Lord Lovelace's Council, 299; Appointed as such, 317;
Signs addresses, 367, 373, 415, 478; Justice of the Peace for Essex
County, 495; The Proprietors ask that he be left out of Governor
Hunter's Council, 497. — Member of Governor Hunter's Council, iv,
2; Expelled from the Assembly, 22, 125;' Re-elected, 125, 126, 133.
Sands, Thomas, ii, 46.
Sandwich, James, Earl of, ii, 388.
Sandyland, James, i, 181, 183.

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Sandy Point (Sandy Hook), Grant for lands at, i, 43, 230; Fortifications
at, 292, 294, 525, 526.
Sansom, John, Secretary to the Commissioners of Customs, Letter to,
with documents relative to the ports of New Jersey, ii, 247; Letter
"from, to Secretary Popple, transmitting a report of the Commissioners
of Customs, relative to Perth Amboy, 251.
Santen (Santon), L., i, 458, 526.
Sargeant, Jonathan, Jr., ii, 380.
Sargeant, William, i, 67.
Sarjent, Samuel, x. 202.
Sarjeant, Thomas, vi, 245, 401— vii, 210, 457.
Salterthwait, James, Salary as doorkeeper of the Assembly, iv, 185,
363, 369.
Sawowouwe, i, 1.
Sayre, Daniel, ii, 129.
Sayre, David, iv, 215.
Sayre, Thomas, ii, 397.
Sayro, Francis, ii, 326.
Saxton, Nehemiah, x, 273.
Scanck, Garrat, v, 146, 150.
Scattergood, Joseph, vii, 642.
Scattergood, Thomas, viii, Part II, 235,
Schermerhorn, John, Indicted, vii, 458.
Schermerhorne, Robert, vii, 64.
Schoolmaster to be supported, i, 140. — How licensed, ix, 68.
Schooly, John, v, 187.
Schooley, Thomas, i, 270.
Schuyler, Arent, Journal of a visit of, to the Minisink country, ii, 103. —
Referred to, vii, 166.
Schuyler, Gertrude, ix, 641.
Schuyler, John, Recommended for the Council, v, 318, 374, 402, 446, 454,
"460. — Member of Governor Morris' Council, vi, 14, 15; Discharged
at his own request, 105, 237; Orders to, from Governor Belcher, 182
—viii, Part II, 158, 174, 177, 180; Referred to, 252— x, 387.
Schuyler, Peter, iv, 340; Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relating to
Surveyor Jarratt, 431; Letter from, to the same, inclosing petition,
438; Letter to, from Lewis Morris, relating to the boundary between
New York and New Jersey, 446, 448. — Appointed Colonel of the
forces iu Canada, vi, 378; Number of men in the several companies
under his command, 425; Letter to, from Governor Clinton, of New
York, 441; Letter to, from President Hamilton, 447; Referred to,
451-453. — Recommended by Governor Belcher, vii, 93, 102.  Presi
dent of the New York Council, viii, Part I, 136; Petition of Allan
Jarrat to, 233; Report to, on the same, 235; Petition to, of inhabi
tants of New York, relative to boundary line, 237. — Letter to, from
Governor Belcher, viii, Part II, 11 ; Referred to, 121, 127, 183 185

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200, 201, 204, 230, 258, 259.— Recommended for the Council, ix, 127;
Commands the New Jersey Regiment, 174, 184-180.
Schuyler, Philip, iv, 870— v, 147— x, 114.
Scotch Rebellion, Defeat of, iv, 252.
Scott, Benjamin, i, 239, 263, 271, 291.— One of the commissioners to lay
out lands, iii, 331.
Scott, Charles, ix, 318-321.
Scott, John, ii, 143, 380— iii, 213— iv, 10.
Scott, John Morin, ix, 179.
Scovenoven, Isaac, vi, 167.
Scritchfield, John, vii, 378.
Scrutall, Jan, i, 49.
Scudder, Nathaniel, x, 345, 559.
Sdraodt, Ma'tys, ii, 326.
Seabrooke, James, ii, 397.
Seafer, Richard, iv, 189.
Seals, Of New Jersey, under Berkley and Carteret, i, 27; Of Governor
Philip Carteret, 60; Of the twenty-four Proprietors, 488.— Of the
Province, iv, 332, 373. — Warrants for new, v, ISO.— Of the several
Colonies, ix, 243, 247; Of New Jersey, 239, 247, 618, 640.— Defacing
of in Conncil, x, 13.
Sealton, John, ii, 397.
Seamans, Colonel, x, 671.
Sears, Daniel, Grand Juror for Essex County, iii, 496.
Sews, Isaac, x, 362.
Sebering, Jacob, iv, 147.
Sseaucus (Sekakus), Common lands in the island of, ix, 451 ; Note on,
453; Opinion of Wm. Samuel Johnson in relation. to, 454. — Patent
of the island of, x, 169.
Seeley, Ephraim. x, 531.
Seely, Joseph, ii, 483.
Seeres, David, ii, 339.
Septennial Elections, x, 142.
Sesson, Thomas, i, 530.
Saverns, Theodore, vii, 543, 544, 606, 607, 643.
Severns, Theophilus, Surrogate, ix, 359.
Seymour, Robsrt, Exeouted for the murder of an Oneida Indian, ix, 578.
Shaddock, Samuel, i, 51.
Shaddock, William, i, 413.
Shallet, Arthur, ii, 42-61, 65-73, 78.
Shamgungoe, Bash, i, 51.
Shammit, George, ii, 396.
Shane, James, x, 718.
Sharp (Sharpe), Anthony, i, 530— ii, 187-193, 257— iv, 256, 370.
Sharp, Elizabeth, iii, 452. '
Sharpe, Horatio, Governor of Maryland, viii, Part II, 173.

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Sharp, Isaac, Affidavit of, against Jeremiah Basse, iv, 74; Referred to,
107, 103, 109, 253— v, 58-60, 133, 139.
Sharpe, John, ii, 327— iii, 164— v, 410.
Sharp, Thomas, ii, 332— iv, 243, 246, 296.
Sharp, William, iv, 10.
Sharper, John, iv, 174.
Shaw, John, ii, 146, 384.
Shaw, Thomas, Lieutenant-Colonel, ix, 134, 185.
Sheate, Stephen, ii, 397.
Shelburne, E.irl of, Circular letter from, relative to murdering the
Indians, ix, 509; Imparts to Governor Franklin the King's approval
of the conduct of the people of New Jersey, 570; Inquires into the
annual charges of maintaining the several Provinces, 573; Informed
by Governor Franklin, respecting violences done to the Indians, 574,
573; Petition to, from Peter Hasenclever, 583; Informed by Gover
nor Franklin, respecting annual charges for the government, and the
fees of different offices, 586, 592; Transmits seals to the several Colo
nies, 618; Announces the King's displeasure with the Assembly of
of New Jersey, 636; Letters to, from Governor Franklin, 640, 642. —
Referred to, x, 87.
Shelley, Captain Giles, ii, 3S6, 287; Letterfrom, 289; Referred to, 291.
Shelton, Sampson, iii, 64.
Shennock, Andrew, i, 269.
Shepheard, DickeKons, iv, 370 — v, 137.
Shepherd, David, ii, 486.
Sheppard, Joseph, x, 531.
Sherd, William, x, 273.
Sheriffs, Act of the New Jersey Legislature, obliging them to give security,
vii, 296, 329.
Sherman, Roger, x, 539.
Sherrard, Robert, vii, 416, 417.
Sherwood, Joseph, x, 28.
Sherwood, John, ix, 445.
Shields, Robert, vii, 64.
Shin, Thomas, vi, 202.
Shinar, Edward Earle, High Sheriff of Bergen County, iv, 142.
Shinn, John, iii, 165.
Shipman, Jacob, vi, 455, 465 — vii, 45S.
Shippoy, John, iv, 190.
Ships, Entered and cleared at the ports of Burlington and Perth Amboy
¦ vii, 331. — Report on the act concerning, ix, 628.
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts, vii, 67, 68, 101 ; Letter to,
from Governor Belcher, 135; Referred to, 810, 386-400— viii, Part I
27, 94.— Appointed Colonel, viii, Part II, 17, 19.— Letter from, to
Sir Thomas Robinson, relative to military matters, 111 ; Referred to
127; Succeeds General Braddock, 148; In command at Albany, etc..

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 171
159; Referred to, 167; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, relative to
military affairs, 168; Referred to, 170; Letter to, from Governor
Belcher, relative to councils of war, 1S2 ; A letter from, to Governor
Belcher, 198, 203; Referred to, 201, 200.
Shoemaker, Benjamin, vii, 130.
Shoemaker, Conrad, x, 512.
Short, William, iv, 113.
Shotwell, Abraham, i, 50. —Affidavit of, relative to the riots at Newark
and Perth Amboy, vii, 179 ; Referred to, 181.
Showen, Ada, x, 717.
Shreave, Thomas, iv, 310.
Shreve, Joseph, v, 187.
Shrewsbury, Proclamation of the Governor and Council, relative to the
inhabitants of, i, 58; Confirmation to, of certain privileges, 88;
Relations with the Council of New Netherlands, 123, 125, 130, 134,
135. — Meeting of inhabitants called to choose a committee in accord
ance with the recommendation of Congress, x, 333 ; Proceedings of
the inhabitants, 600; Proceedings of the Committee of Correspond
ence of, 666.
Shute, William, Ensign, ix, 1S7.
Sibley. Robert, i, 289.
Sibly, Thomas, i, 289.
Silk, Bounties for the culture of, ix, 490.
Silk, Lawrence, v, 139.
Simkihs, Joseph, iv, 215.
Simpkin, Michall, i, 50.
Simpson, Henry, viii, Part I, 299.
Sinclair, Mr., iv, 163.
Singletary, John, i, 130; Arrested by the Dutch authorities, 131; Fined,
£500~ 132.
Singleton, Thomas, i, 470.
Sinnicka, Andrew, i, 413.
Sinnicks, Thomas, x, 471.
Sirwo, James, ii, 326.
Skeene, Major Philip, x, 008; Arrest of, 048; Parole of, 649; Letterfrom,
to John Penn, 649; Referred to, 65S.
Skene, John, Deputy Governor of West Jersey, i, 517, 522, 523— ii, 4,
19, 65.
Skenoye, Thomas, ii, 896.
Skermerhorn, John, vi, 456, 465.
Skillman, Thomas, i, 50.
Skinner, Courtland, Nomination of, as Attorney- General of New Jersey,
viii, Part I, 293. — Notice of, 293; His appointment favored by
Governor Belcher, 298; Letter from Governor Belcher to Lord
Halifax, concerning, viii, Part II, 200.— Petition of, as a Proprietor,
228; Warrants to, 233, 234; Answers queries submitted to him by

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the Council, relative to the authority of Mr. Reading as President,
264.— Referred to, ix, 317; Notice of, 449; Letters to, 449, 451, 573;
Referred to, 641.— Speaker of the Assembly, x, 21, 59, 97, 99, 103,
139, 193, 215; Gives his opinion as Attorney-General, on the pro
ceedings of the Magistrates at Cape May, 216, 217; Opinion on the
charter petitioned for by the Presbyterian clergy, 853, 859 ; Warrant
to, 358; Asks from the Crown an adequate salary as Attorney-
General, 383 ; Relative to the proceedings of the Assembly in regard
to the Treasury, 412, 414, 415; Representatives from Burlington
County instructed not to discharge him from his liabilities as Treas
urer, 417; Resignation of, as Treasurer, 421; Salary of, 450;
Referred to, 003, 604; House of, entered, 700; Took refuge on board
of a man of war, 706.
Skinner, John, ix, 16.
Skinner, Stephen, recommended for appointment as Treasurer of East
New Jersey, ix, 366; Robbing of the Treasury, 565. — Affidavit of,
relative to the robbing of the East Jersey Treasury, x, 37; Notices of,
37, 144; Appointed member of the Council, 139, 143; Error in
regard to his christian name corrected, 147; Referred to, 191, 414;
In Council, 351; Warrant to, 357; Act to authorize a suit against
him for the recovery of the sum alleged to have been stolen from
the Treasury, 510; Of the Council, 501.
Skinner, Thomas, ii, 41-61, 65-73, 79, 187-194, 376, 408, 411; Signs
the surrender of the Government, 456-460; Asks the appointment
of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 470. — Referred to, iii, 82, 95, 314
—vii, 326.
Skinner, Rev. William, Letter to, relative to the seal of New Brunswick,
v, 283; Answer to the same, 284; Letter from, to Sir William Keeth,
announcing the death of Governor Cosby, and urging him to apply
for the vacant position, 435; Notice of, 436. — Referred to, 473, viii,
Part I, 293 -Part II, 178, 228, 252.— Letters to, from his son, ix, 8,
b 14.— Referred to, 449, 641, x, 144.
Skinner, Capt. William, Notice of, viii, Part II. 178, 252; Letter to his
father William Skinner, 252; Letter from, to his brother Cortlandt
Skinner, 258; Commissioned as Lieutenant in Cornwallis's regiment,
ix, 8, 14; Gives an account of the assault and landing upon the
island of Belle Isle by the English forces, 277; Referred to, 449;
Writes to James Parker that the Stamp Act will probably be repealed,
548; Referred to, 641.
Slaney, John, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79— iii, 498.
Slater (Slaughter), Edward, i, 3C7, 319, 320, 355— ii, 217, 316, 326, 328,
486, 502— iii, 480, 481, 4S7.
Slater, Samuel, iv, 189.
Slaughten (Sloughten), William, ii, 123, 431.
Slaughter, Edward, See Slater.
Slaves, An act relating to, recommended by the Lords of Trade to be

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 173
repealed, iii 473.— Duty on importation of, iv, 196.— Bounty upon,
x, 229.
Slocum, John, i, 51 — ii, 332.
Sloper, William, Agent of. Lord Combury answers the complaints of
the West Jersey Proprietors, iii, 133; Letter from, to Wm. Popple,
Jr., relative to Lord Cornbury's salary, 144.
Slot, Jacobus, ii, 326.
Slouby. Henry, iii, 358.
Small,  , x, 113.
Smalley, Isaac, ii, 397 — iii, 446.
Smart, Isaac, i, 269.
Smeeman, Herman, i, 49.
Smith, Alexander, Jr., iv, 215.
Smith, Andrew, i, 288.
Smith, David, i, 269.
Smith, Daniel, iv, 253, 370— v, 137— viii, Part I, 74.
Smith, Daniel, Jr., Commissioned Surveyor-General of West Jersey, x,
15; Notice of, 16.
Smith, Emanuel, iv, 267.
Smith, Isaac, Newark rioter, vii, 179— x, 471, 487, 588.
Smith, James, iv, 371.- — Secretary, Fees to, v, 4; Referred to, 12;
Recommended for the Council, 84; Appointed a member of Council,
52, 71; Referred to, 103; Money paid to, 135, 137, 139, 143, 147, 148;
Commission to try pirates, 197; Memorial of, relative to his fees as
Secretary of New Jersey, 19S; Referred to, 281,454; Signs memorial,
301; Dead, 320.
Smith, James (2nd), vi, 465, 466 — vii, 109.
Smith, Jeremiah, iv, 113.
Smith, Capt. John, viii. Part I, 137.
Smith, John, i, 50, 134, 227, 263, 284, 414, 508.
Smith, John, viii, Part I, 106— Part II, 40. — Recomended for the
Council, ix, 127; Appointed, 151, 274; Named as one of the com
missioners for trying pirates, 284; Referred to, 387. — Commis_
sioned with others to take charge of the seals, x, 54; Dead, 230:
Notice of, 231.
Smith, Jokabad, Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, iii, 486, 487.
Smith, Jonathan, iv, 113.
Smith, Jonathan (2nd), x, 531.
Smith, Joseph, vii, 180, 542— x, 139.
Smith, Peter, i. 184.
Smith, Ralph, vii, 542; Affidavit of, respecting John Coxe, 544; Referred
to, 546.
Smith, Richard, i, 263— iv, 215.
Smith, Richard (2nd), Recommended for the Council, v, 317, 366, 402,
446, 454, 469. — Member of Governor Morris' Council, vi, 14, 15^
109; Vote on the Militia Act, 202, 203; In Council, 369, 370— vii, 5;

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Member of Governor Belcher's Council, 6, 86, 88, 90, 97; Com
ments upon, by James Alexander, 121 ; Letter to, from Richard Par
tridge, 242, 263; Letter from, to Richard Partridge, respecting the
proceedings of the Legislature, 365; Referred to, 525; In Council,
541 ; Dead, 5S5.— Referred to, ix, 356, 394— x, 231, 250, 358, 471,
530, 546, 098.
Smith, Robert, ii, 335, 337— iii, 496.
Smith, Robert (2nd), viii, Part II, 155.
Smith, Samuel, iv, 253.
Smith, Samuel (2nd), Recommendation of, for the Council condemned by
the Lords of Trade, vii, 586; Letters relative to, from Governor
Belcher, 000, 607; Referred to, 623.— Accounts of, as Treasurer,
viii, Part I, 65, 73, 106.— Part II, 150, 155, 228-235.— Recommended
for Council, ix, 337; Appointed, 394; Notice of, 394.— Referred to,
x, 54, 231, 331,. 357, 450, 561, 66-5.
Smith, Jamuel J., ix, 395.
Smith, Seth, iv, 215.
Smith, Thomas, i, 263, 413, 414.
Smith, Thomas (2nd), v, 187; Asks to be appointed Governor of New
Jersey, 278.
Smith, Widow, i, 414.
Smith, William (of New York), ii, 369— iii, C4.
Smith, William (2nd, of New York), Named as one of the commissioners
for trying pirates, ix, 283.
Smith. William, ii, 363,
Smith, William, v, 398, 404— vi, 109, 171, 393, 396.
Smith, William, Jr., viii, Part n, 265.
Smith, Wm. Lovett, x, 231.
Smith, William P., x, 345, 467.
Smith. Rev. Dr., x, 341.
Smoke, fetrus, ix, 179, 181.
Smyth, Andrew, Surrogate, ix, 360 — x, 420.
Smyth, Frederick, Proposed as a member of the Council of New Jersey,
ix, 442; Recommended for the office of Chief-Justice, 444; Commis
sion of, as such, 475; Notice of, 475; Commission issued, 486; Re
ferred to, 489; In Council, 509. — Affidavit before, x, 37, 56; Com
plains of the insufficiency of his salary, 62, 144, 146; Resigns his
. seat in the New Jersey Council, 220; Salary of, made adequate, 261;
Referred to, 375 ; Writes to the Earl of Hillsborough, in relation to
the robbery of the Treasury of East Jersey, 379 ; To the Earl of
Dartmouth, relative to the schooner Gaspee, 395; Of the Council,
561.
Smyth, John, vii, 413, 415. — Board of Indemnification to, from the
Council of Proprietors of East Jersey, viii, Part I, 200; Certifies,
'Part H. 228; Money due to, 234.— Surrogate, ix, 360; Recommended
for Council, 366; In Council, 509.— Referred to, x, 430, 450.

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Smyth. Laurence, vi, 309, 301— x, 433.
Snake Hill, i, 19.
Snell, Captain, i, 130, 132.
Snelling, William, ii, 470— iii, 95.
Snow, Joseph, i, 134.
Sr.owden, John, i, 270.
Sobrisco, John (Zabriskie, probably), Surrogate, ix, 300.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, Proposition
from, to establish a library for the use of New York and the neigh
boring Colonies, v, 237.
Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, Missions of, viii, Part I,
140.
Solomons (Salmon), John, ix, 185.
Somers, Richard, x, 685.
Somerset County, Taxes in, iv, 368, 369. — Jail of, broken open? vi, 417;
List of rioters in, 455. — Petition of the land-holders in, viii, Part I,
54-56.
Somerset, Duchess of, viii, Part I, 84.
Sonmans, Arent, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 383, 424, 433, 434, 448;
Interested in goods shipped to East Jersey, 466; Notice of, 527; Re
ferred, 528 — ii, 32; Disbursements by, on account of East Jersey,
202.— Referred to, iii, 161, 162, 310, 312, 314.
Sonmans, Johanna, i, 437.
Sonmans, Peter, i, 437, 442, 457— ii, 32, 149, 164, 165, 171, 177, 186 -198,
198, 257, 263, 431; Signs the surrender of the Government, 456-460;
Petition of, to the Queen, 466; Note on, 467; Memorial from, to the
Lords of Trade objecting to Hamilton's appointment as Governor, 470 ;
Reply of the Proprietors to his complaints against Mr.Hamilton, 475. — ¦
To the Earl of Nottingham, relative to the appointment of Jeremiah
Basse as Secretaiy of New Jersey, iii, 23; His indebtedness to Mr.
Basse, 27; Several of the Proprietors of New Jersey object to his
becoming a member of the Council, 35 ; His answer to the same, 39,
48; His petition relative to the title to Staten Island, 01, 62; Mem
orial of, with others, to the Lords of Trade, relative to affairs of New
Jersey, 82; Proposed for the Council, 101 ; Reference to said propo
sition, 125; East Jersey Proprietors ask for his appointment to Coun
cil, 129; Referred to, 141, 154, 160, 161, 162, 177, 189, 192; A petition
relative to his carrying away of the pubhc records, 219 ; Referred to,
253, 254, 259, 261; Objected to as a member of the Council, 801;
Memorial of to Governor Combury, against John Harrison, Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas, 306; Objected to as a member of the
Council by Joseph Ormston, 310, 312 ; Lists of the Proprietors who
signed, and who did not sign the commission of, 313, 316; Ap.
pointed a member of Lord Lovelace's Council, 317, 328, 329; Re
ferred to, 331, 339; Complaints against, by the Assembly, to the
Governor, 374; Lstter from, to the Govemer, relative to said com-

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plaints, 379; Answer of, to the complaints of the Assembly, 416;
Petition to the Assembly against, by the Grand Inquest of Middle
sex County, 445; Report of the committee on said petition, 447;
Petition of, to Governor Lovelace, 449 ; His answer to the Assembly,
ordered by Lieutenant-Governor Ingoldsby to be printed, 460;
Signs, 473 ; Referred to, 488 ; The Proprietors ask that he be left
out of Governor Hunter's Council, 497. — Member of Governor Hun
ter's Council, iv, 2, 19; Petition against, from Middlesex County, 8;-
Referred to, 14; Statement concerning his conduct at Woodbridge,
15; Charges of the Assembly against, 38, 39, 43, 45, 48; His removal
from the Council recommended by Governor Hunter, 61 ; Referred
to, 64; Indicted for perjury and adultery, 88; Referred to, 93, 94,
101-103, 115, 119, 130, 131, 141, 145; His removal from the Council
urged by Governor Hunter, 149, 158; Referred to by Rev. Jacob
Henderson, 157; Further reference to, 164, 169, 171, 172, 175, 182,
216, 228, 261, 266, 293, 294, 293, 315, 390— v, 103; Proclamation
against, 124; Letter relating to, from James Alexander, 202; Re
ferred to, 263.
Sonmans, Rachel, i, 437.
Sons of Liberty, Address of, to the gentlemen of the law of New Jersey,
ix, 547.— Referred to, x, 192.
Sooleys, Robert, ii, 48.
Sospanuinck, Indian Grantor, i. 111,
Southall, Robert, Commissioner of Customs, ii, 131
South Carolina, A retreat for pirates, ii, 119, 359. — Resolves of the Ac-
sembly of, x, 130, 146.
Southwell, Edward, ii, 275, 276.
Sower, Christopher, x, 227.
Spain, Declaration of war against, ix, 363. — The war with, x, 221, 274.
Spencer, Elisha, Petition of, x, 343; Notice of, 343.
Spencer, William, iv, 810, 313.
Spicer, Jacob, Removed from the judgeship in Gloucester County, iv,
129; Recommended for the Council, 133; Payments to, 370. — Re
ferred to, v, 137— viii, Part 1, 74; Part II, 150, 153, 230, 233— ix,
129, 356.
Spicer, Samuel, i, 44 — ii, 146.
Spier, Francis, vi, 215, 355, 856 — vii, 248, 414.
Spier, Gerard, vii, 374.
Spiers, Hendrick, i, 151.
Spinage, Humphrey, i, 50.
Spire, Tunis, viii, Part I, 6.
Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, On protection against the Indians, v,
113.
Spragg, Mr., ii. 271.
Spragge, J., 517, 518.
Spratt, John, vii, 322.

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Springer, Benjamin, ix, 356. 357.
Spriugett, Jr., Harbt., i, 369, 370.
Spry, Dr. William, ix, 631.
Squibb, Robert, ii, 47.
Squire, Jonathan, vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Stacy, Henry, i, 20S, 419.
Stacy's Island, v, 39, 42— x, 512.
Stacy, Mahlon, i, 242, 26S, 522, 523— ii, 148, 380.
Stacey, Mahlon (2nd), v. 141; Reeommended for Council. 817. — Sisns.
vi, 139.
Stacy, Robert, i, 239, 26S; Mauniconck Island leased to, 286; Magistrate,
291. — Commission, iii, 221.
Stakes, Dr., ix, 9.
Stamp Act, Resolution of the House of Commons, relative to, ix. 448 ;
Instruments used in the courts, etc., of the Province that will bear
the highest duty, 480; Letters relating to, from Gov. Frauklin and
others, 492-503; Its effect upon the busiuess of the courts, 506: In
creasing disturbances occasioned by it, 507, 524; List of papers relat
ing to the riots in America growing out of, 527: Meeting of the law
yers called, in relation to resuming business under, 531; Attitude of
the lawyers of New Jersey towards, 536, 540, 546; Probability of its
repeal, 54S; Bill brought into Parliament for the repeal of, 549, 550:
Persons who have incurred penalties under to be indemnified, 533:
Congratulations on the repeal of, 555-562.
Stancliff, Samuel, ii, 31; Disbursement by, on account of East Jersey,
205.
Stark, John, iv, 309.
Staten Island, Letter from Governor Carteret aud Council to the Gover
nor and Council of New York, relative to the ownership of, i, 349;
Surrender of, demanded by Governor Carteret, 350; Proclamation of
Governor Carteret to the inhabitants of, £50; Ownership of, 434.
485.— Petition, relative to the title of, iii, 62.
Stathem, Philip, iv, 215.
Stathein, Thomas, iv, 215.
Stathem, Zebulon, iv, 215.
Stearndall, John, ix, 318-321.
Stebbins, Elizabeth, vii, 531.
Steele, Benjamin, ii, 42-62, G6-74, 79; Signs the surrender of the Govern
ment, 456-460; Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Gov
ernor, 470.
Steel, James, iv, 399.
Steenhuis, Engelbert, i, 49.
Steenmeets, Johannes, iii, 4S5.
Steenwyck, Cornells, i, 72, 142, 143, 144, 148, 149.
Stelle, Gabriel, Recommended for the Council, v, 319.
Stelle, John, vi, 465, 466.
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Stelle, Pontius, Member of the House of Assembly, vii, 89.
Stenmets, Gasper, i, 49, 62, .;32.
Stephani, Johan Sebastian, ix, 818-321.
Stephenson, -John, ii, 79, 80.
Stephenson, John (2d), vii, 318.
Stephenson, Jonathan, vii, 377.
Sievens, Captain Campble, Number of men in his company, vi, 425.
Stevens, John, Signer of bills of credit, viii, Part II, 39 ; Petition of, as
a Proprietor, 228. — Recommended for the Council, ix, 127; Appointed
thereto, 335; Notice of, 335; Commissioner to purchase lands cf the
Indians, 857; Referred to, 511; Announces the arrival and names of
a commission for settling the boundary line between New York and
New Jersey, 581.— Referred to, x, 137, 186, 195, 422, 50.2, 561.
Stevens, Joseph, v, 155.
Stevens (Stephens, Stivans), Nicholas, ii, 327, 303, 3G6, 396.
Stevens, Richard, x, 701.
Stevens, Samuel, vii, 457.
Stevenson, Thomas, Member of the Council of West Jersey Proprietors,
iv. 152.
Stevenson, William, iii, 164.
Stewart, Charles, ix, 5S2, 590, 591, 624, G31, 082.
Stewart, John, ii, 333— v, 187.
Stiles, Moses, x, 718.
Stillman, Charles, iv, 188.
Stillwell, Captain, iii, 213.
Stillwell, Jeremiah, ii, 332.
Stillwell, Nicholas, x, 210.
Stillwise, Daniel, iv, 10.
Stirliug, Earl of, See William Alexander.
Stivers, Samuel, vi, 245.
Stock, Henry, x, 717.
Stockton, John, iv, 98.
Stockton, Richard, Recommended for the Council, ix, 426 — x, 44, 58;
Appointed as such, 59 ; Renders an opinion that the Governor of New
Jersey, for the time being, is authorized to hold, and preside in, a
Court of Chancery, 155; Member of a corporation, 345; In Council,
351; Commission of, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 427;
Notice of, 427; Salary of, 450; Of the Council, 561.
Stockton, Robert, x, 352.
Stoker, Thomas, iii, 165.
Stokes, John, iii, 165— v, 187.
Stokes, Joseph, v, 187.
Stokes, Thomas, i, 269.
Stout, Abraham, x, 273.
Stout, Andrew, x, 273.

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Stout, Benjamin, ii, 326; Presented by Monmouth County Grand Jury
332. '
Stout, Benjamin (2d), x, 273.
Stoutt, David, ii, 326; Presented by Monmouth County Grand Jury, 332.
Stout, Hezekiah, x, 273.
Stout, James, Presented bv Monmouth County Grand Jury, ii, 333, 363,
397.
Stout, John, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 212.
Stout, John, Sr., ii, 396.
Stout, Jonathan, ii, 326, 803.
Stout, Jonathan, Ensign, ix, 187.
Stout, Joseph, Colonel of the militia of Hunterdon County, viii, Part II,
156, 158, 174, 177; Orders to, from Governor Belcher, 182.
Stout (Stoot), Peter, ii, 320, 390.
Stout, Richard, i, 44— ii, 320.
Stout, Richard, vii, 543.
Stout, Samuel, vii, C06.
Straughen, David, iii, 356.
Straybearn, William, ii, 129, 397.
¦Streat,'Mr.. iv, 266.
Strettell, Robert, vii, 130.
Stringham, Charles, viii, Part I, 215.
Stringham, Peter, i, 288.
Strong, James, ix, 179.
Street, Col., Governor of New England, on protection against the
Indians, v, 113.
Stuart, Charles, x, 717.
Stuart, Mr., viii, Part I, 154.
Stubbens, Henry, i, 269.
Stuyvesant, Governor, ix, 456. /"
Styles, John, Affidavit of, relative to the riots at Newark aud Perth
Amboy, vii, 178; Referred to, 223, 330; Affidavit of, relative to the
riots in Essex County, 433.
Sulen, Daniel, iv, 188.
Sullivan, John, x, 529,
Sunderland, Earl of, Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, relative to
Lewis Morris, iii, 328; Reply to the same, 838.
Supreme Court, See Courts.
-Surrege, John, i, 268.
Surrogates, Com missions for, ix, 359.
Sussex County, Iron in, viii, Part II, 79; Drowned lands in, 80; Procla
mation ot Governor Belcher, relative to the defence of, 182; When
set off, x, 298.
Sutton, Ambrose, i, 505, 506.
Sutton, John, iv, 139.
Stuton, Jud., ii, 390.

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Sutton, Richard, ii, 336.
'Sutton, Thomas, ii, 336, 397.
Swaine, Capt. Samuel, i, 134.
Swamp Town, or Salem, i, 283.
"Swarths, John, vii, 877.
Swartwont, Jacobus, ix, 179.
Swartwont, Philip, ix, 178-182; Petition of, relative to the Northern
boundary, 250; Referred to, 254.
Swartwoots, Thomas, viii, Part I, 207, 20S, 224, 228, 231, 273.
Sweetable, John, ii, 42-01, 65-73, 79.
Swift, John, iii, 105.
Swift, Mr., Appointed Collector at Perth Amboy, iv, 49.
Swift,  , x, 219.
Swintou, J. S., i, 370. i
Swinney, John, ii, 396.
Sykes, Anthony, x, 417. T.
Tagnitz, Jonathan, iv, 1S9.
Talbot (Talbutt), Rev. John, iv, 13, 158; Complaints against, by Governor
Hunter, 209, 218-220, 223-226; Referred to, 228, 229; Further com
plaints against, by Governor Hunter, 230, 234, 255, 274; Letter
relative to, from George Willocks, 290; Letter from, to Governor
Hunter, 291; Referred to, 294, 295, 298; Deposition of George
Willocks, relative to, 301 ; Referred to, 323.
Talmage, Daniel, x, 717.
Tankerville, Lord, viii, Part I, 93.
Tapan Creek, Point of partition on Hudson's River, i, 522.
Tapan Patent, viii, Part I, 275.
Tappan (Tappin), Jacob, iv, 107, 215.
Tarbat (Tarbutt), i, 466, 500, 528.
Tarbet, Viscount, ii, 32; Disbursements^-, on account of East Jersey, 202.
Tashiowyeara, Indian murderer, i, 73.
Tathan, John, i, 509— ii, 41, 146, 209, 349— iii. 223— iv, 13.
Taylor, Abraham, vii, 180.
Taylor, Charles, i, 394.
Taylor, Christopher, i, DeputecPby Governor? Penn, to go to East Jersey,
395; Appointed a commissioner to treat with West Jersey, 413, 419,
Taylor, Daniel Jr., vi, 851 — vii, 457.
Taylor, Edward, x, 458, 459.
Taylor, George, ii, 14.0, 884, 480.
Taylor, Jacob, iv, 390.
Taylor, John, ii, 148.
Taylor, John, x, 459.
Taylor, Jonah, iv, 371.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 181
Taylor, Mary, iii, £58.
Taylor, Parson, vii, 54.
Taylor, Thomas, Presented by Monmouth County Grand Jury, ii, 333;
Signs petition, 396.
Taylor, William. Proceedings against, i, 313, 314, 322.
Tayne, Isaac, Assignment of lands to Michael Lecroa, i, 116.
Taxation for Revenue, Petition of the Assembly of New Jersey to the
King against, x, 18; The King has no design to tax the Colonies for
purposes ot revenue, 109.
Techepewoya, i, 1.
Teller, Andrew, v, 153.
Temple, John, ix, 582, 590, 624, 631, 632.
Tenbrook, John, Captain, ix, 184, 180.
Teneeunk Island, v, 43, 44, 46.
Tennent, Rev. William, vii, 62— viii, Part I, 95; Part II, 198— x, 315.
Tep, John, ii, 827.
Terry, John, x, 531.
Terwilliger, Matthew, ix, ISO, 181.
Tew, Thomas, A pirate, ii, 123.
Thaekery, Thomas, ii, 148, 380.
Thanksgiving, Day of, ordered, i, 139.— General, on the defeat of the
French in Canada, ix, 183, 209; For the conclusion of peace, 391.
Tliarp, James, x, 717.'
Thomas, Edward, x, 202.
Thomas, Captain George, vi, 102.
Thomas, Captain James, ii, 417 — iii, 306.
Thomas, John, ii, 129, 327, 396.
Thomas, Jonathan, viii, Part II, 151.
Thomasse, Thomas, ii, 327.
Thomas, General, x, 606.
Thomaston. Johannes, ii, 327.
Thomlinson, Captain John, Scheme of, for putting the paper currency' in
America on a better footing, vi, 111.
Thompson, Charles, x, 574.
Thompson, Isaac, i, 269.
Thompson, James, iv, 93.
Thompson, John, i, 268, 3S1— ii, 129, 148, 826, 334, 339, 330-iii, 490.
Thompson, John (2nd), viii, Part I, 42.
Thompson (Tomson), Moses, i, 50— ii, 326, 334, 397.
Thompson (Thomson, Tomson), Thomas, i, 50, 149— ii, 129, 339, 397— iii,
351, 352, 496.
Thompson, William, Opinion of, on Elizabethtown Patent, i, 273,
Thompson, William (2nd), ii, 42-61, 65-73, 79.
Thomson, James, vi, 465, 466; Affidavit of, relative to the riot at Perth
Amboy, 468.
Thomson, William, iv, 10, 330.

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Thong, Thomas, v, 153.
Thorp, George, ii, 826.
Throckmorton, Joseph, x, GOO.
Throp, Samuel, ii. 297.
Tice, Peter, x, 718.
Tilghman, Mat., x, 520.
Tillman, William, vii, 283.
Tilton, John, i, 44.
Tindall, Richard, i, 413, 414, 508.
Tindal, Thomas, x, 807.
Tinker, John, viii, Part I, 27.
Titus, Richard, viii, Part I, 201.
Tolmash, Colonel, ii, 430.
Tom's River, 74.
Tom, William, i, 72, 73; Letter to, from Governor Lovelace, relative to
the Indian murders at Matiniconk Island, 74 ; Justice of New Castle,
190; Estate of, 197, 201.
Tomesen, Jillis, i, 269.
Tomkins, John, vii, 457.
Tomkins, Micah, vii, 32.
Tomkins, Seth, ii, 336.
Tomliuson,  — , Appointed Judge in Gloucester County, iv, 129.
Tompkins; Ichabod, Nominated as Justice of the Peace, viii, PartT, 105.
Tompkins, John, vi, 245.
Tompson, Hurr, i, 82, 85.
Tomson, John, Contribntes to a supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 199.
Tonkin, Keziah, x, 367.
Tooker, Charles, ii, 397.
Toshaek, David, i, 460— ix, 337.
Towle, Percival, i, 268.
Townley, Effingham, vii, 33.
Towrily, Colonel Richard, ii, 109, 486,'487, 502.— Proposed for the Coun
cil, iii, 51, 78, 115; Notice of, 115; Appointed a member of the
Council, 125; Referred to, 130, 155, 160, 201; In Council, 290; Pro
posed as a member of Lord Lovelace's Council, 299; Appointed as
such, 317; Signs addresses, 367, 373, 415, 473; Referred to, 479-
Justice of the Peace for Essex County, 495; The. Proprietors ask that
he be left out of Governor Hunter's Council, 497. — Member of Gov
ernor Hunter's Council, iv, 2, 19, 48; Dead, 61 ; Referred to, 101, 120
180, 133, 153; Referred to by Rev. Jacob Henderson, 157; Further
reference to, 164.
Townsend, Charles, viii, Part I, 62.
Townsend, John, Sr., i, 506.
Townshend, Lord, Transmits to the Lords of Trade a discourse bv Sir
William Keith on the state of the Plantations, v, 214.
Townsend,  , Appointed Judge in Cape May County, iv, 129.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 183
Trade of the British Empire in America, vi. S3 ; Value of goods shipped
from Great Britain and Ireland to the Plantations, 87. 88.,
Trade and commerce, x, 442-444, 454.
Trade, George, ix, 318-321.
Trapnell, John, vii, 547.
Treasurers of the Eastern and Western Divisions, Accounts of, viii. Part
I, 65-83; Part II, 150-155, 171, 223, 228-235.
Treasury of East Jersey, Proclamation of the Governor of New York,
relative to the robbery of, ix, 564. — Affidavit of S. Skinner, relative
to the robbery of, x, 37; Proclamation of Governor Moore, regarding
the same, 39; Chief- Justice Smyth in relation thereto, 379; Cortlandt
Skinner in relation to, 412, 414, 415; Representatives from Burling
ton County instructed not to discharge the Treasurer from his liabili
ties, 417; Resignation of the Treasurer, 420.
Treat, Captain, i, 52, 56.
Treat, John, il 313 — iii, 434; Justice of the Peace for Essex County, 495.
Treat, Robert, i, 65, SI— ii, 122.
Trelawny, Edward, viii, Part I, 27.
Trenchard, Surrogate, ix, 359.— Referred to, x, 362, 363, 364.
Trent, Maurice, ii, 121, 481.
Trent, William, Chief- Justice, iv, 13, 296— v, 77; Notice of, 77; Chosen
Speaker of the Assembly, 77; Death of, announced, 97; Money paid
to, 133, 139, 143, 147, 148; Grand Juror, 187; Referred to, 344, 374
— x, 97, 111; Notice of, 112; Letter to, from Governor Franklin, 227.
Trenton, Named after Chief-Justice Trent, v. 77.— A library at, viii, Part
1,32.
Trevor, Thomas, Solicitor-General, Report on the Charter of Connecticut,
and on the Grant of New Jersey, ii, 100; Letter from, to Secretary
Popple, inclosing form of bond for Deputy- Provincial Governor, 138;
Enquired of, as to the authority of the Proprietors of East Jerspy to
constitute ports of entry to thoir province, 174; Answer to said
inquiry, 176; Opinion of, as to the eligibility of Andrew Hamilton
to the office of Governor, 250; His opinion asked as to a new mode
of approving proprietary governors, 807.
Tripartite Indenture, settling the North partition point between New-
Jersey and New York, iv, 394.
Troops, See Military Affairs.
Trough, William, v, 187.
Trott, Nicholas, Governor of the Bahama Islands, ii, 119.
Trotter, Wm., i, 50.
Trumbull, Governor, x. 616, 619.
Trumbull, Mary, ix, 226.
Tryon, Governor William, Letterfrom. to the Earl of Dartmouth, rela
tive to the boundary line, x, 393; Referred to, 658, 7G6.
Tucker, Charles, i, 50.
Tucker, Charles. Jr., ii, 334, 339; Grand juror of Essex County, iii, 496.

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Tucker, Samuel, Deposition of, as to the character of William Morris, vii,
080; Certificate as to his character, 639; Instructions to him from
his constituents, x, 269; Notice of, 270; Referred to, 458, 471, 479,
537, 58S, 720.
Tudeyscung, King of the Wyoming Indians, ix, 121, 125.
Tullie, Robert, iv, 215.
Tunisber, John, iv, 3.
Tunisen, Derrick, i, 49.
Tunnisen, Hendrick, i, 49 — ii, 390.
Turin, John, 90. (See Jurin.)
Turner, Joseph, vii, 377. 515; Certificate of, 560.
Turner, Robert, i, 1S6; An East Jersey Proprietor, 384, 412, 434, 433,
434, 437, 442, 451, 530; Disbursements by, on account of East Jersey,
ii, 205.
Turnout, John, ix, 179.
Tuttell, Henry, ii, 397.
Turtle, Ebenezer, x, 717.
Tuttle, Col. Joseph, viii, Part II, 158, 174; Letter to, from Governor
Belcher, relative to the defence of the frontier, 179; Order to, from
Governor Belcher, 182.
Tuttle, Moses, x, 717.
Tuttle, Nathaniel, i, 50.
Twigg, Thomas, iv, 215.
Tyll, Capt. Abram, v, 122:

Upham, William, x, 717.
Urmston, Eev. John, iv, 224.

IT.

V.

Vadoon, Jacob, ii, 3915.
Vallean, Mrs., 415.
Vanaken, Abraham, Petition of, relative to disturbances on the northern
boundary of the Province, vi, 163, 168.— Justice of the Peace, viii
Part I, 212, 220, 208.— Referred to, ix, 180, 181.
Vanaken, Jacobus, ix, 180, 181.
Vannatta, Anthony, Constable, viii, Part I, 225,
Vanbrunt, Nicholas, x. 000.
Van Buskerk, Lawrence, vi, 202.
Van Campica (Van Cam, Van Camp, Van Kemper), Abraham, Colonel of
the regiment of militia and Judge of the County of Sussex, viii Part
11,35,158,177.
Van Cock, Richard, x, 717.
Van Cortlandt, Anne, ix, 6*1.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 185
Van Cortlandt, Elizabeth, ix, C41.
Van Cortlandt, Stephen, i, 45^, 51S— ii, 100, 237— ix, 041.
Van Courtlai.d. Jacobus, v, 308.
Van Dom, Richard, v, 153.
Van Dorn, Rip, Authorized to collect quit-rents from George Willocks.
ii, 194.— Referred to, iii, 64— iv, 340, 403; Notice of, 408.— Certifies
to the value of Jersey money, v, 133; Commissioner for trying pirates.
197; As President of the New York Council informs the Lords of
Trade of the death of Governor Montgomerie, £94; Referred to.
324, 832-330, 360, 393. 402, 40S, 410, 431, 439— vi, 73, : 4— viii. Part
I, 237.
Vandelinda, Paul, ii, 327.
Vanderbeek, Burgher, Indicted, vii, 45S.
Vanderburgh, Cornelius, i. 320.
Van der Linde, Joost, 146, 151.
Vanderpool, David, x, 717.
Vanderspiegel, Henry, v, 153.
Vanderveer, Cornelius, x, 600.
Vandeventer, Jacob, vii, 438.
Van de Vorst, Cornells, ii, 330.
Vandike, Lieutenant John, ix,' 185.
Vandorn, Jacob, ii, 326; Presented by Monmouth County Grand Jurv,
333.
Van Duyne, Isaac, x, 717.
Vanduyne, Jacob, x, 71S.
Vane, Stephen, ii, 397.
Van Este, Peter, iii, 483.
Van Etten, Anthony, ix, 353.
Van Faerling, Floris, v, 158.
Van Faerling. Nicholas, v, 153.
Van Giesen, Renier, i, 49— ii, 336.
Vangezen, Isaac, v, 146, 150— vi, 293, 311— vii, 41, 457.
Vanhighst, Abraham, i, 269.
Van Hooren, Ruth, ii, 326.
Van Horn, Abraham, Recommended for the New York Council, v, 70;
Governor Burnet married his daughter, 70; Signs certificate, 153;
Commissioner to try pirates, 197.
Van Horn, Cornelius, v, 153, 166, 197, 443, 456, 478— vi, 14, 15; Dis
charged from the Council at his own request, 106, 337.
Van Home, Garret, v, 153.
Van Home, James, vii, 631.
Van Home, John, v, 153.
Vanhorn, Major, viii, Part I, 123— Part II, 15S; Orders to, from Gov
ernor Belcher, 1S2.
Van Houten, Henry, x, 718.
Vanhurst, Reneare, i, 263.

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Van Jininun. Johannes, Declaration of, concerning John Fenwicke, i,
194.
Van J umne, Ganet, i, 208.
Van Kirk, Henry, x, 273.
Van Middles-vart (Van Middleswardt, Van Middlesworth), John, vi, 203
— vii, 502.
Vannest, Peter, ii, 370 — iv. 111.
Van Quelen, Robert, See Vauquillin Robert.
Van Ranslaer. Killian, iii, 64— iv. 340.
Van Ruyven, Cornells, i, 143, 143, 144, 148.
Vantuyl, Walter, Lieutenant, ix, 187.
Van Uleck (Vleck), Isaac, i, 49.
Van Veehten, Derrick, vi, 202.
Van Veehten (Van Weghtie, Van Veigty), Michael, ii, 315.— Difficulties
with Peter Sonmans, iii, 377, 480, 448, 455.— Moneys paid by, v, 142,
144, 149.
Vanwinkle, Abraham, vi, 456, 465 — vii, 458.
Van winkle, Johannes, vi, 245— vii, 457.
Varlet, Nicholas, x, 100, 170, ISO.
Vaughan, Edward, iv, 174; Certificate of, relating to the character of
Thomas Gordon, attacked by Jacob Henderson, 180.
Vaughan (Vahhan), John, ii, 326, 363.
Vanquiltin, Robert, Commission as Surveyor-General of New Jersey, i, 26;
Took oath of allegiance, 50; At Council meeting, 76; Court at Eliza
bethtown, 81; Removed goods from Governor Carteret's house, ISO;
Arrested by the Dutch authorities, 131; Banished by the same. 133;
Referred to, 350.
Veltscheerder, Peter, x, 515.
Verety, William, ii, 396.
Verlant, M , ii, 327.
Verlett, Captain Nicholas, i, 49.
Vernon, Henry, iv, 233. N
Vesey, William, ix, 337.
Vesey, Rev. Mr., iv, 168; Governor Hunter's comments upon, 216-219,
223-236; Appointed Commissary by the Bishop of London, 218; Re
ferred to, 228, 229.
Vessels, Number of, trading with the Colonies, vi, S4, 85, 86; Value of,
86, 87.
Vetch, Colonel Samuel, iii, 461: Letter from, to the Lords of Trade, rela
tive to the Quakers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 464; Referred
to, 471— iv, 37.
Vicary, James, i, 269.
Vice and immorality, Proclamation of Governor Basse for the suppression
of, ii, 206. — Instructions to Governor Burnet relative to, v, 159, 161.
Vinblin, Norman Ali, a pirate, ii, 159.
Vincent, John, vi. 243 — vii, 485, 457.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 187
Vincent, Larmes, Indicted, vii, 457.
Vincent, Levi, vi, 245.
Vincent, Levy, Jr., vii, 457.
Vincent, Livines, vi, 351.
Virginia, Quota of troops for the defence of New York, ii, 134, viii, Part
I, 194. — Union of the Colonies advocated by the House of Burgesses
of, x, 21; Resolves of the Assembly of, 140: Committee of Corres
pondence appointed, 458.
Vreeland, Coon, x, 718.
Vreeland, George, vi, 202, 203.
Vreelandt, Michael, vi, 346, 307. ' •
Vrelant, Abraham, ii, 327. w.
Waddell, JohD, ix. 18.
Waddell, Henry, x, 439.
Wade, Benjamin, Sr., ii, 129, 326, 334.
Wade, Benjamin, Jr., ii, 334, 339— iii, 496.
Wade, Edward, i, 118, 227, 284, 414.
Wade, Robert, i, 227, 414.
Wad, Samuel, i, 26— ii, 148— iv, 113.
Wadman, Lieutenant Arthur, x, 233.
Wager, Sir Charles, Notice of, vi, 60; Referred to, 77.
Waghackemack, Patent, viii, Part II, 75.
Waites, Elizabeth, i, 186.
Waley (Wooley), Robert, ii, 270.
Walker, Alexander, iii, 377, 431, 432, 448, 453.
Walker, Francis, Grand Juror on Woodbridge riot, iii, 486, 487.
Walker, Samuel, ii, 270, 317, 325, 396; Recommended for Council, 429,
431, 487 ; Appointed member of the Council, 507. — One of Lord
Cornbury's Council, iii, 2, 65; Dead, 78; Referred to, 483.
Walker, Thomas, x, 352.
Wall, Garret, ii, 363— iii, 212.
Wall, Jarad, ii, 326.
Wall, Jarrett, Affidavit of, relative to the riot at Perth Amboy, vi, 467.
Wall, Walter, ii, 327, 395.
Waller, John, Jail-keeper, viii, Part I, 37, 43, 47.
Waller, William, vii, 599.
Walley  , viii, Part I, 11.
Wallop, Richard, Opinion of, on Elizabethtown patent, i, 272.
Walpole, Horatio, viii, Part I, 128.
Walpole, Robert, ix. 630.
Walter, John, v, 153.
Walter, Robert, One of the commissioners to run partition line, iv, 340,
383, 394, 429. 435— v, 197, 323— viii, Part I, 209, 239, 264.

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Walton, Jacob, x, 114.
Walton, Mark, x, 717.
Walton, William, ix, 2S3.
Wamdall, J., i, 299.
Wankle, Benjamin, x, 718.
Wansick, Thomas, i, 51.
Ward, Abel, vi, 351— vii, 45S.
Ward, Caleb, vi, 331— vii, 457.
Ward, Edward, i, 2S4, 292.
Wardil, Eliakim, i, 128.
Ward, Elihu, vi, 245— vii, 178, 179.
Ward, John, i, 128, 134, 310, 320— vi, 135, 140.
Ward, Nathaniel, ii, 271, 275.
Ward. Robert, vi, 245— vii, 457.
Ward. Samuel, ii, 336.
Ward, Samuel (2nd), x, 529.
Wardell, Joseph, Contributes to the supposed Combury Fund, iii, 212.
Ware, Joseph, iv, 118.
Ware. Capt. Nathaniel, Number of men in his company, vi, 425 — vii, 102.
Wame, Joseph, i, 208.
Wame, Thomas, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 383, 442, 400; Referred
to, 481, 499, 530. — Signs as a Proprietor, ii, 2, 113, 270 ; Surrenders
the Government of Bast Jersey, 387; Signs the surrender, 456-460;
Recommended for Council, 487; Member of court, 479, 482-486.
Warner, Edmund, Instructions from, and others, to their commissioners in
West Jersey, i, 219; Complained of by John Fenwicke, 225; Grant
to him ami others from the Duke of York, 324; Referred to, ii, 50.
Warner, William, i, 268— iii, 351, 352.
Warrell, Joseph, Recommended for Council, v, 410, 454. — Referred to,
vi, 166. — Attorney-General, vii, 613, 614; Certificate of, to the
character of Samuel Tucker, 639. — Salary, viii, Parti, 106; Notes of,
' as Attorney-General, upon the trial of Lewis M. Ashfield, 112 ; Resig
nation of, and nomination of Courtland Skinner as his successor, 293,
298; Warrants to, 151; Referred to, ix, 257.
Warren, Admiral, vii, 646.
Warren. John, i, 319; Letterfrom, to Governor Andros, 337.
Warren, Lady, viii, Part II, 253— ix, 15, 17.
Wan-en, Sir Peter, viii, Part I, 93— ix, 641.
Warren, Susan, ix, 641.
Warrington, Henry, v, 187.
Warsan, Richard, i, 209.
Wase ( Wasse). James, Instructions to as one of the commissioners in West
Jersey appointed by William Penn and others, i, 219, 227; Lands
sold to, 414; Signs the surrender, ii, 456-460.
Washington, General George, ix, 339— x, 429, 530, 669, 670.
Watts. John, ix, 178, 283, 400.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. 1$<1
Watt, Michael, II, 41-61, 65-73, 79, 258, 276, 300, 302, 376, 403, 411,
416; Signs the surrender of the Government, 456-460;- Asks the ap'-
pointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 470.— Referred to.
iii, 95.
Watts, Rev. Robert, Certificate of, sustaining the character of John
Anderson against the attack of Jacob Henderson, iv, 179.— Referred
to, vii, 78.
Watson, John, ix, 17.
Watson, Luke, i, 15, IS, 50, S2, 8% 85, 155, 504-506— vi, 207, 210.
Watson, Matthew, iii, 165.
Watson, Peter, i, 465. 512.
Watson, Thomas, i, 269, 413, -114.
Watson , William, iv, 215.
Wawayanda Patent, viii, Part I, 220, 223, 224, 274, 278, 2S1 Po
part, II, 20, 2S.
Wayne, John Waynes, i, 50.
Webb (Web), Edward, i, 1S6, 268, 413, 414,
Webb, Colonel, of New York, viii, Part H, 221, 222.
Webley, Thomas, ii, 332.
Webster, Nathan, i, 50.
Webster, Robert iv, 9,
Weeks, Zach., v, 143, 146.
Welch, Nathaniel, ii, 460.
Welch, William, i, 421.
Wells, John, Recommended for the Council, iv, 326; Appointed to the
same, 331 ; One of the commissioners to try pirates, 340; Referred
to, 373, 374. — One of Gcvenor Burnet's Council, v, 8; Commissioner
to try pirates, 197; Superannuated, 316, 446.
Wells, John (2nd), vi, 351— vii, 457.
Wells, Phillip, i, 517. — Engaged to run the line between New York and
East Jersey, 518, 521— ii, 22, 23, 24— iv, 412-414— vi, 148. 149— viii
Part I, 205, 227, 247, 249.
Welshear, Thomas, x, 718.
Wenham, Thomas, iii, 64
Wentworth, Benning, Governor of New Hampshire, Instructions to, viii.
Part I, 27.— Referred to, ix, 529, 628— x, 521.
Wentworth, John, ix, 622.
Wentworth, Mark, ix, 390.
Werden, Sir John, Secretary to the Duke of York; Letters to Governor
Andross, i, 332, 179, 230; To the Secretary of State, on the extent
of the authority granted to the Proprietors of New Jersey, 289; The
Duke of York's orders to, 323 ; Letters from, to Governor Andross,
345, 347; Letterfrom, to Wm. Penn, 348; Letter to Sir Allen Apsley,
relative to customs, 353; Letter to, from the Register of Scotland,
379; Letter from, to the Lord Register, 330; Witness, 394; Letters

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to, from Governor Dongan, 457, 483; Letter to, from the Mayor of
New York, 491.
West, Ben, i, 309.
West, Edward, ii, 42-02, 60-74, 79.
West, James, ix, 306.
West, John, ii, 832.
West, Joseph, ii, 303, 390.
West, J., i, 299.
West, Richard, Report of, on several acts of the New Jersey Assembly,
v, 79.
West, Robert, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 51, 300, 3S3, 412, 529— ii, 26,
48, 49.
West, Robert, Jr., i, 51.
Westbrook, Suit against Abraham Vanaken, viii, Part I, 267, 208. — Re
ferred to, ix, 180, 181.
Westbrook, Anthony, ix, 179.
Westbrook, Johannes, Jr., vi, 100, 107.
Westcott, Richard, x, 684.
Wester, Casper, Erects a glass manufactory in New Jersey, vi, 98; Notice
of, 98.
Westfall, Cornelius, viii, Part II, 13— ix, 180, 254.
Westfall, Jacob, viii, Part II, 13— ix, 180, 181, 251, 254.
Westfall, Nathaniel, ix, 2-31.
Westfall, Petrus, viii, Part II, 13.
Westfall, Simon, ix, 180, 181, 251.
Wesfall, Uryon (Julian), viii, Part II, 13— ix, 117, 180, 181.
Westfalls,  , viii, Part I, 208, 224, 223, 231.
West Jersey, Quintipartite deed to William Penn and associates, i, 205;
Instructions from Penn and associates to their commissioners iu, 219;
Agreement for first settlement of, 225; Letter from the Proprietors
of, to Richard Hartshome, 227; Letter from the same, to those pro-
- posing to settle iu West Jersey, 231; Permission to settle in, asked
by the passengers of the ship "Kent," 239; The concessions and
agreements of, 241; Charter or Fundamental laws of, 252; Letter
from Governor Andros to commissioners of, 271 ; Appointments for,
by John Fenwicke, 275; Proclamation to claimants of land in, 276;
Order of Governor Andros to protect the inhabitants of, 285;
Petition from persons in England for land in, 289; Names of
the magistrates of, 291 ; Grant of, to William Penn and his associates
by the Duke of York, 324; Commissioners to, appointed by Governor
Penn, 415; Instructions to them, 416; Letters from Governor Penn,
to the Governor and Council of, 417, 419; Memorial to the Governor
and Council of, from the people of Salem, 421 ; Quo warranto against,
501 ; Minutes of New York Council, relative to the line between it and
East Jersey, 517; Obligation of the authorities of, to abide by the
determination of the arbitrators on the division line, 522; Award,

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respecting the division line, 523.— Commissioners from the Proprie
tors of East Jersey, to confer with Governor thereof, ii, 1 ; Letter to
the Council of Proprietors of, from Daniel Coxe, 4; Minutes of the
West Jersey Proprietors, respecting running the line between the
Provinces, in accordance with the award of Reid and Emley, 24;
Agreement between the Governor of, and the Governor of East Jer
sey, in regard to the partition line 34; Release of, from Daniel Coxe
and wife, to the West Jersey Society, 41 ; Grant of the government
of, to the West Jersey Society, 64; Andrew Hamilton commissioned
to be Governor of, 87; Letter from the Proprietors of, to Governor
Fletcher, 89; Instructions to the Deputy-Governor of, 93; Letter
from Proprietors in England to Jeremiah Basse, 97; Letter to the
Proprietors of, from the Lords of Trade, 134; Letter to the Proprie
tors of, from the King, relating to the Plantation trade, 140; Agree
ment of the authorities of, to support the King, 145 ; Address of the
Governor and Council of, to the King, on his escape from the attempts
of assassins, 146; Agreement of the Quaker members of the House of
Representatives of, to support the King, 147; Memorial of the Pro
prietors of, asking the appointment of Jeremiah Basse as Governor,
149; Petition of the Proprietors of, relative to customs, 163, 165;
Order in Council, relative thereto, 169; Opinion of the Attorney-
General and the Solicitor-General in the premises, 177; George Wil
locks authorized by the Proprietors to receive quit-rents, 186; Rip
Van Dam likewise so authorized, 194; Letter from the Council of, to
the Proprietors in England, 207; Memorial from the Proprietors of,
asking the appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 257; Peti
tion to the same effect, 276; Commission to Andrew Hamilton to be
Governor of, 301; Account of the inhabitants of in 1699, 305; A re
treat for pirates,' as charged by Edward Randolph, 360; Memorial of
the Proprietors of, to the Lords Justices, asking the approval of the
appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 374; The same to the
King, from the Council and Representatives, asking his confirmation,
377; Address of the inhabitants of, asking to betaken under the King's
immediate government, 380; Memorials ot the Proprietors of, rela
tive to the surrender of their government of, 404, 415; Names of per
sons proposed for Governor and Council, by the Proprietors of, 429;
Surrender of the government of, to the Crown, 452; Reply of Pro
prietors of, to complaints against Andrew Hamilton by Mr. Dockwra
and Mr. Sonmons, 475.— Petition of the Proprietors of, to the Lords
of Trade, relative to the proceedings of Lord Cornbury, iii, 81;
Memorial from the same, to the same, complaining of Lord Corn
bury and asking for the restoration of Lewis Morris to the Council,
85; Observations of the Lords of Trade on said memorial, 117;
Answer of Win. Sloper, agent of Lord Combury, to said complaints,
133; The Council of, commanded by Lord Cornbury to show their
authority for acting as a Council of the Proprietors, 153; Petition

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from the proprietors and purchasers of, to Lord Cornbury, relative
to granting warrants, etc.. 164; Answer of the Proprietors of, to
certain questions of Lord Cornbury, 220. — Protest of Daniel Leeds
against the proceedings of the Council of Proprietors of, iv, 140;
Election of a new Council by the Proprietors of, 151, 152; Minutes
of the Council of, March, 1710-17, appointing James Alexander
Surveyor-General, 288; Proceedings 'of the Council of, relating to
the line of partition between the two Provinces, 452.— Letter from
the Council of Proprietors of, to James Alexander, v, 67; Account
of the money received and paid by the Treasurer of, 132; Proceed
ings of the Council of Proprietors of, relative to the appointment of
a Surveyor-General, 211; Memorial of James Alexander relative to
the same, 278: Answer of the Council of Proprietors of, to said
memorial, 278; Quota of, for the defence of New York, viii, Part
I, 190.
West Jersey Society, Release of West Jersey to, from Daniel Coxe and
wife, ii, 41; Grant of the Government of West Jersey to, 64: Agree
ment of, for the managing and improving of their lands, 78; Com
mission from members of, in England, to Jeremiah Basse as their
agent, 91; Letter from, to Rev. Thomas Bridges, 94; Commission
from, to Andrew Hamilton, to be its agent, 209; Commission from,
to the same, to be Governor of West Jersey, 301. — Referred to, 434 —
iii, 49; Apply to Parliament to vest all their lands in trustees to be
sold, v, 508. — Letters to, from Governor Belcher, vii, 57, 145, 150;
Referred to, 213; Petition of, to the Lords of Trade, for relief from
the riots and disturbances in New Jersey, 316; Instructions of a
committee to agents, 320.
West'land, Nathaniel, ii, 93, 146, 147, 299, 384— iii, 351, 352— iv, 184.
Westphale, Juriam, Petition of, relative to disturbances on the Northern
boundary of the Province, vi, 103, 168.
Wetherby, Pockayne Terry, ii, 03. ,_
Wetherhill, John, iv, 275, 277, 319.
Wetherili, Christopher, Summoned by Lord Cornbury to show his
authority for acting as one of the Council of West Jersey, iii, 15S;
One of the Council, 221.
Wetherili, John, Inspector of the Press, viii, Part II, 70, 230,— Referred
to, ix, 120— x, 45S.
Wetheril, Thomas, iv, 9— v, 211— x, 838.
Whales, As royal fishes, ix, 65 ; Duty upon the fins of, 403.
Whandrick, William, ii, 396.
Wharton, Joseph, x, 97, 375.
Wharton, Samuel, x, 97, 113.
Wheate, Benjamin, ii, 148.
Wheaton, John, x, 531.
Wheavens, William, ii, 890.
Wheeler, Nathaniel, vi, 340, 351, 361, 835, 367— vii, G4, 74, 435.

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Wheeler, Robert, ii, 3S4— iv, 13; Recommended for the Council, 63, 227;
Justice of the Peace, 75; Referred to, 875; Dead, 377.
Whillden, James, x, 207-212, 281, 282.
Whitacar, Richard, i, 227.
White, Anthony, Surrogate, vii, 543— ix, 300: Appointed Judge of the
Admiralty, 377; Notice of, 379.
White, Anthony Walton, ix, 379.
White, Christopher, i, 269, 414.
White, Daniel, Indicted, vii, 45S.
White, Dennis, i, 50.
White, John, i, 269, 299— Iii, 459.
White, John (2d), x, 717.
White, Thomas, Contributes to the supposed Cornbury Fund, iii, 213.
White, William, ii, 397— v, 133, 135.
Whitefield, George, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, viii, Part I, 84;
Referred to, S7; Letter to, from Governor Belcher, Part II, 146, 195.'
Whitehead, Captain, i, 300.
Whitehead, G., iii, 158.
Whitehead, Isaac, i, 50, 86, 133; Letter to Captain Nichols, 334; Referred
to, 129, 326.— Affidavit of, iii, 201; Indicted, 480, 486.
Whitehead, Isaac A., Sr., i, 320.
Whitehead, Isaac N., i, 305, 309, 311.
Whitehead, James, ii, 334, 395— iii, 496.
Whitehead, Joseph, i, 335— ii, 326, 334, 395.
Whitehead, Nathaniel, ii, 327, 397.
Whitehead, Samuel, i, 15— ii, 129, 271, 273, 327, 333, 339, 397— iii, 496.
Whitehead, Samuel, Jr., ii, 326, 334.
Whitehead, Stephen, iii, 413.
Whitehead, Timothy, Nominated as Justice of the Peace, viii, Part 1, 1C5.
Whitehead, William, ii, 339, 397— iii, 496.
Whitlock, John, ii, 396.
Whitham, Ffra, i, 369.
Whiting, John, ii, 79; Signs the surrender of the Government, 456-460;
Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamilton as Governor, 470. — Signs
as Proprietor, iii, 38, 82. — Memorial of; iv, 141.
Whitlock, Thomas, i, 134. ,
Wickham, William, x, 194.
Wicknaminck (Weinamink), Indian grantor, i, 111.
Wiggins, Gersham, x, 717.
Wiggins, Thomas, x, 587, 588.
Wightman, William, ii, 42-61, 65-73, 76, 79, 88, 90, 95, 96.
Wilcocks, John, ii, 42-62, 66-74, 79, 300; Signs the surrender of the
government, 456-460; Asks the appointment of Andrew Hamilton
as Governor, 470.
Wilcocks, Mr., viii, Part I, 253.
Wild, Daniel, ii, 460.
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Wildigos, Joseph, ii, 470.
Wileman, Henry, vi, 145— viii, Part I, 211, 215, 270, 271.
Wilkes, John, x, 2S.
Wilkesou, William, ii, 326.
Wilkins, Constantine, x, 512.
Wilkins, Thomas, ii, 380— iii, 165.
Wilkinson, Richard, i. 208.
Wilkinson, William, i, 180, 269.
Willard, Mr., Secretary, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, vii, 61.
Willcox, Thomas, An East Jersey Proprietor, i, 366, 374.
Willes, E., ix, 629.
Willes, Lord Chief- Justice, viii, Part I, 23.
Willets, John, vi, 202.
Willett (Willit), Samuel, ii, 326, 362, 363, 397.
Williams, Amos, ii, 336.
Williams, Daniel, vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Williams, James, ii, 481.
Williams, John, ii, 397— iii, 212.
Williams, Joseph, ii, 129 — vi, 351 — vii, 457,
Williams, J., Inspector, x, 284, 295.
Williams, Nathaniel, Indicted, vii, 457.
Williams, Samuel, ii, 129.
Williams, Thomas, vi, 245— vii, 486, 457.
Williams, William, Opinion of, on Elizabethtown Patent, i, 272.
Williamson, John, i, 134.
Williamson, Matthews, x, 586.
Williamson, William, v, 155 — vi, 245 — vii, 457.
Willis, Aaron, x, 717.
Willis, George, iv, 310.
Willis (Willes), John, ii, 129, 315, 325, 334, 396.
Willis, William, i. 269— ii, 396.
Will?, Daniel, i, 239, 268, 288, 291— iii, 164, One of the first commission
ers to buy and lay out lands, 221.
Wills (Wells). John, iii, 221; Member of the Council of the West Jersey
Proprietors, iv, 152; Affirmation of, 376; Referred to, 283, 284;
Clerk, 290; Salary, 268, 869, 454; Moneys paid to, v, 133, 137, 141;
Member of Governor Morris' Council, vi, 14; Discharged at own
request, 106, 237.
Wills, Samuel, i, 421.
Willocks, George, i, 460, 499— ii, 32, 113, 171, 177; Authorized to collect
quit-rents, 186; Notice of, 186; Rip Van Dam authorized to receive
quit-rents from, 194; Instructions to Governor Basse concerning him,
209; Referred to, 237; Signs the surrender of the government, 456-
460; Recommends Andrew Hamilton for Governor, 470; Objected to
as a member of Council, 488. — Renders a service to Jeremiah Basse,
iii, 25; Referred to, 154, 314; Complained of to Lord Lovelace by

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the Council, 392, 398, 407; Referred to, 418, 423, 435, 446, 449, 450,
451; Refuses to take the oaths to the Queen, 454; Referred to, 455;
Documents relative to, 470-496; Indicted, 481-486; Referred to, 489, '
490, 494; Recommended for Council of Governor Hunter, 498. —
Freeholder of Middlesex County, iv, 9; Statement of, respecting the
conduct of Peter Sonmans at Woodbridge, 15; Referred to, 41, 74;
Answer of J. Basse to him, 90-113; Referred to, 119, 124, 130;
Signs as a Proprietor, 141 ; .Letter from, to Governor Hunter, rela
tive to Rev. Mr. Talbot, 290, 298; Deposition of, relative to Mr.
Talbot, 301 ; Letter to, from James Logan, relative to the division
line between the provinces, 877; Referred to, 390; One of the Com
missioners for running partition line, 394; Referred, 416, 418, 429,
435— v, 11, 33, 34, 57, 59-63, 70, 101— vi, 352— vii, 37, 326— viii.
Part I, 239, 264.
Willocks, James, ii, 186.
Willmot, Henry, List of New Jersey Commissioners named by, for run
ning the boundaries between that Province and New York, ix, 447;
Appointed agent of the Province of New Jersey, 571; Petition of, to
alter the list of commissioners, 589, 623. — Referred to, x, 98; Letter
from, on the paper currency and the bill for Septennial Elections,
142.
Wilson, James, i, 299— ii, 326, 306.
Wilson, John, ii, 396.
Wilson, John, Jr., ii, 366.
Wilson, John, of Morris County, x, 717.
Wilson, Joseph, ii, 326.
Wilson, Peter, ii, 396.
Wilson, Robert, ii, 148.
Wilson, Robert, of Morris County, x, 717.
Wilson, Stephen, iii, 165.
Winans, John, ii, 326.
Winans, Rade, ii, 339.
Winder (Window), Samuel, Secretary of West Jersey, i, 275 ; An East
Jersey Proprietor, 529. — To confer with the Governor of West Jer
sey relative to the two Provinces, ii, 1 ; Signature and notice of, 2 ;
Instructions from the Council of Proprietors to, 3; Desires to re
port. 24.
Winds, Colonel William, ix, 184.— Arrests Governor Franklin, x, 699,
703.
Winepress, Captain, ix, 305.
Wines, Barnabas, i, 50.
Wingett, Caleb, iv, 188.
Winins, Samuel, iii, 486.
Winne, Thomas, Appointed by Governor Penn a commissioner to treat
with West Jersey, i, 415, 419.
Winslow, Colonel, Letter to, from Governor Belcher, vii, 65.

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